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Soybeans continue to show relative strength with steady gains overnight, and corn futures saw strength into the break as well. Wheat futures traded higher overnight but still maintain a tight trading range.
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Grains fell under pressure into the break but soybeans continue to show relative strength.
USDA reported net soybean sales of 364,900 MT for 2022-23, which topped the pre-report range by over 160,000 MT, while new-crop sales were just shy of the top-end pre-report range.
Grains are mixed overnight, but soybean futures continue to rally.
Brent Judish gives you a personalized tour through his third day on the 2023 Pro Farmer Crop Tour.
Chip Flory gives you comparisons to last year and the three-year average for western Iowa - including some perspectives on the “challenges” facing the west-central Iowa corn and bean crops.
Day 2 observations from eastern Crop Tour consultant Mark Bernard
Day 2 observations from eastern Crop Tour leader Brian Grete
Day 3--Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 193.72 bu. per acre for Illinois. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,270.61.
Day 3--Scouts took samples from Iowa districts 1, 4 and 7. Iowa’s full results will be posted at the end of day 4.