The big storm stretching from the Badlands to Indianapolis this morning promises to keep tractors parked in the Corn Belt, while the Delta braces for more heavy rains over the weekend. Slow planting conditions helped support spring wheat and corn overnight after USDA confirmed large old crop supplies in Wednesday’s monthly supply and demand report.

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Bryce Knorr first joined Farm Futures Magazine in 1987. In addition to analyzing and writing about the commodity markets, he is a former futures 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 Call on www.FarmFutures.com he writes weekly reviews for corn, soybeans, and wheat that include selling price targets, charts and seasonal trends. His other weekly reviews on basis, energy, fertilizer and financial markets and feature price forecasts for key crop inputs. A journalist with 38 years of experience, he received the Master Writers Award from the American Agricultural Editors Association.