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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
While old- and new-crop ending stocks were both well below pre-report expectations, wheat production landed well above analysts’ estimates.
Weekly corn inspections during the week ended May 8 declined 392,000 MT from the previous week, while soybean inspections rose on the week.
Weekly wheat inspections during the week ended May 1 led the decline, falling 339,000 MT.
Wheat inspections during the week ended April 24, were up notably on the week, topping anlysts’ pre-report expectations. Net corn and soybean sales each declined on the week but were as expected.
During the week ended April 17, wheat notched net reductions, falling noticeably from the previous week, while soybean sales declined 50% and corn sales down 26%.
Weekly corn and wheat inspections each declined on the week, but exceeded pre-report expectations
Corn sales during the week ended April 10 jumped 99% from the previous week, while soybean sales more than tripled.
Weekly corn inspections totaled 1.83 MMT during the week ended April 10, up 215,540 MT from the previous week, while wheat inspections rose 269,373 MT.
Corn ending stocks for 2024-25 were lowered to 1.465 billion bu., notably lower than the average pre-report estimate of 1.510. Soybean ending stocks were pegged at 375 million bu., 4 million bu. below the average pre-report estimate.