With harvest results slow to come in, traders are starved for news about the size of 2013 corn and soybean crops. That's one reason speculators jumped all over certified acreage data from USDA's Farm Service Agency. Farm Futures Senior Editor Bryce Knorr and Market Analyst Paul Burgener discuss the next milestone for the market, the government's Sept. 30 grain stocks and small grains production summary.

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Traders seek news on size of 2013 corn and soybean crops

Bryce Knorr, Senior Editor, Farm Futures, first joined Farm Progress Cos. in 1987. In addition to analyzing and writing about the commodity markets, he is a former future introducing broker and is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor. He conducts Farm Futures exclusive surveys on acreage, production and management issues and is one of the analysts regularly contracted by business wire services before major USDA crop reports. Besides the Morning Market Review on FarmFutures.com, he writes weekly reviews for key commodities and crop inputs. A journalist with 38 years of experience, he received the Master Writers Award from the American Agricultural Editors Association.

Market Analyst Paul Burgener is a new addition to the Farm Futures team but has a solid ag economics history. A former University of Nebraska research coordinator and ag economist from the University of Wyoming, Burgener brings a lot of background to his new role. Most recently, he was also involved in agricultural finance, and will offer that perspective in future articles on the Web and in print too.