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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 corn, soybeans and wheat inspections each declined on the week.
USDA increased the national corn yield by 7.8 bu. per acre while also increasing harvested acres.
During the week ended Aug. 7, corn export inspections rose, while soybean and wheat inspections declined.
USDA reported weekly sales for 2025-26 totaled 1.89 MMT during the week ended July 24, topping analysts’ pre-report range. Net old-crop soybean sales were also stronger-than-expected.
Weekly corn inspections topped pre-report expectations.
Weekly wheat inspections for the week ended July 17 topped pre-report expectations by a notable margin, while corn inspections fell short. Both wheat and soybean inspections rose on the week.
USDA trimmed both corn and soy acres from its March estimate, while stocks were slightly higher than expected for corn, soybeans and wheat.
Wheat inspections during the week ended June 26 rose 179,657 MT from the previous week, while corn and soybean inspections each declined.
Each notched weekly declines, though soybean sales were up notably from the four-week average, while corn sales dipped modestly.
Corn inspections led the decline for the week ended June 10, down 218,867 MT from the previous week, followed by wheat (208,660 MT) and soybeans (30,551 MT).