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Catch up with the latest analysis on weather trends, an impressive streak of soybean sales, mysterious seeds of dubious origin/intent, and much more.

Ben Potter, Senior editor

July 29, 2020

Mother Nature is always prone to throwing a curveball or two, but statistically speaking, the hottest weather of the year is likely behind us now. What does that mean for yield potential? What are the odds of matching or exceeding corn trendline yields of 178.5 bushels per acre and soybean trendline yields of 49.8 bpa?

Those are just a few of the questions we attempted to answer in the latest Midweek Markets podcast. We also delved into wheat price volatility and the ongoing attempts at ethanol demand recovery.

And what’s up with those mysterious seed packets that arrived in mailboxes across the country earlier this month? It may sound like the plot to a bad sci-fi book, but we speculate about what may actually be going on.

Listen to the latest Midweek Markets podcast for July 29, 2020.

About the Author(s)

Ben Potter

Senior editor, Farm Futures

Senior Editor Ben Potter brings two decades of professional agricultural communications and journalism experience to Farm Futures. He began working in the industry in the highly specific world of southern row crop production. Since that time, he has expanded his knowledge to cover a broad range of topics relevant to agriculture, including agronomy, machinery, technology, business, marketing, politics and weather. He has won several writing awards from the American Agricultural Editors Association, most recently on two features about drones and farmers who operate distilleries as a side business. Ben is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

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