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Midweek Cash Markets | September 1, 2021

Corn and soybean basis and cash prices plunged over the past week.

First Thing Today Audio | July 28, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 28, 2021

Sweltering temperatures may spur some sever weather today, Senators near the finish line on physical infrastructure bill and the CDC reinstates mask guidance...

First Thing Today Audio | July 20, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 20, 2021

Brazil's safrinha corn harvest progress lags year ago, squabbles continue over the infrastructure bill and the Biden administration blames China for a cyber attack...

First Thing Today Audio | July 16, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 16, 2021

Harsh weather is forecast for the end of July, Germany confirms ASF on 2 farms and Xi Jinping emphasizes China's national food security problem...

First Thing Today Audio | July 15, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 15, 2021

The E.U. raises its soft wheat forecast, dryness in Brazil results in dredging on the Parana River and ASF continues to cause concern...

First Thing Today Audio | July 14, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 14, 2021

World Weather Inc. forecasts an active near-term weather pattern for the Midwest, inflation accelerated in June and a new bipartisan push to open Cuba to U.S. agriculture arises...

First Thing Today Audio | July 13, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 13, 2021

Cordonnier sports a neutral to lower bias on U.S. corn and soybean crops, Americans expect inflation to increase and China’s meat imports retreat…

First Thing Today Audio | July 9, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 9, 2021

China's PPI rises, Secretary Vilsack will travel to Omaha today and President Biden is expected to sign a sweeping Executive Order...

First Thing Today Audio | July 2, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | July 2, 2021

Markets and government offices will be closed Monday in observance of Independence Day, the Fed suggests a 2022 rate hike and the House passes a transportation and water infrastructure measure...

First Thing Today Audio | June 29, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | June 29, 2021

Cordonnier makes no change to U.S. corn and soybean estimates, China rejects Canadian request for dispute settlement and details on dairy payments take a back seat to infrastructure plan...

First Thing Today Audio | June 22, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | June 22, 2021

Spring wheat condition ratings plummet, China will auction more state-owned corn and lawmakers edge closer to an infrastructure deal...

First Thing Today Audio | June 17, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | June 17, 2021

Biden and Putin agree on Iran's nuclear aspirations, limits expand for lean hog contracts as the cash market surges and Grassley looks forward to Ag Committee hearings on cattle industry woes...

First Thing Today Audio | June 16, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | June 16, 2021

Fed officials may indicate they are eyeing an interest rate increase sooner than expected, President Biden is to meet with Vladimir Putin today and China reports its pig herd surged in May...

First Thing Today Audio | June 11, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | June 11, 2021

Biden explores ways to relieve refiners of RFS blending requirements, the U.S. Budget deficit has risen sharply and a bipartisan group of senators find consensus on an infrastructure proposal...

First Thing Today Audio | June 10, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | June 10, 2021

USDA will release its June S&D balance sheets today, Biden tells military personnel coronavirus and climate change are among the greatest threats and El Salvador approves bitcoin as legal currency...

First Thing Today Audio | June 8, 2021
First Thing Today Audio | June 8, 2021

Recent rains were too little, too late for a portion of the Brazilian safrinha corn crop, Blinken looks to open trade talks with Taiwan and USDA begins work on rules for cell-based meat…