The crop markets are a few cents higher on Friday to recover some of their recent losses. The crops remain on track to finish lower for the week.
For the wheat, rain moves through the southern Plains and the Southeast the next few days, which should bring needed moisture to crops there.

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The crop markets are a few cents higher on Friday to recover some of their recent losses. (Photo: maciek905/Thinkstock)

Farm Futures Senior Editor Bob Burgdorfer comes to Penton Farm Progress with experience as a reporter covering grain markets and other global news with Reuters, Inc. A journalism graduate from Kansas State University, Bob has also worked at daily newspapers and Knight-Ridder as a commodity reporter, covering grains and livestock. He has earned five writing awards for his coverage of Mad Cow Disease, immigration issues and other international breaking news stories.

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