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Hillari Mason

Market Analyst, Pro Farmer

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.

Latest Stories
Weekly export sales data through week ended Sept. 15 revealed corn export sales for the week continued to fall behind year-ago levels by 50%, while soybeans remained steadily ahead.
Weekly export inspections for week ended Sep. 15 were reported as expected; corn and beans continue to keep a notable pace ahead of last year.
Weekly export data for week ended Sep. 8 reported soybean export sales have had a considerable start to the marketing year; ahead of last year’s pace, while corn lags by 50%.
USDA reduced the national corn yield as expected, but trimmed soybeans a bushel more than the average trade estimate of 51.5 bpa in its release of the September WASDE.
Weekly export inspections for week ended Sep. 8 revealed wheat inspections above trade expectations; corn and soybean inspections continue to run ahead of year-ago levels.
Sep. 1 marks the calendar for a new marketing year. Corn and soybean inspections make a notable start; ahead of last year.
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.