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Hillari Mason

Hillari grew up on a family farm in southern Illinois, where she learned to love agriculture and its lifestyle from a young age. Hillari graduated from Murray State University in 2012 and began working for Cargill as a grain merchandiser shortly thereafter. Her time there yielded expansive market knowledge, producer relationships and series 3 and 30 licenses. Hillari joined Pro Farmer in June 2022 and received her master of business administration from the University of Southern Indiana in 2023. Hillari lives on her own farm in southern Indiana and spends the bulk of her days studying futures markets.

Weekly export inspections for week ended August 25, 2022 revealed mid-range inspections for corn and wheat, while soybeans fell short of trade expectations.
USDA’s weekly export inspections proved steady for corn, soybeans and wheat for week ended August 18. Corn and wheat inspections were notably higher over the previous week, while soybeans fell behind.
USDA export sales data through week ending August 11, revealed new-crop soybeans sales were the largest for either 2021-22 or 2022-23 since the end of March, with wheat export sales reaching a marketing-year low.
Export Inspections for week ended August 11, 2022 were within trade expectations, but well below last week’s figures. Corn, Soybeans, and wheat continue to fall behind year-ago levels.
After the Bell, August 5, 2022.
Soymeal and new crop corn, soybean sales remain relatively stable, cotton sales fall to another marketing-year low.
USDA reported weekly inspections as of July 28, revealing increases in corn and soybean inspections on the week, as wheat fell behind by over 200,000 MT. Corn, soybeans, wheat continue to lag behind year-ago paces.
Weekly export sales this morning for week ended July 21 revealed a continued theme of sluggish new-crop corn and old-crop soybean sales. New crop soybean sales were the bright spot; well above expectations.
Export inspections for week ended July 21, 2022 were within estimated ranges for corn, soybeans and wheat, however the current year’s pace continue to fall behind last year.
Weekly exports meet trade expectations for the week ended July 14, 2022.