Traders have been waiting for today for nearly a month, since the government shutdown delayed USDA’s Jan. 11 reports on crop production, grain stocks and winter wheat seedings. While charts suggest markets are ready to move, the data comes out at a time when worries about trade talks between the U.S. and China are also an issue. Markets plummeted Thursday on concerns a deal may not be done by the March 1 deadline to avoid new tariffs.

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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.