The end of August was a key date for grain markets the past two years and is shaping up to attract attention today too. While corn made early harvest lows, soybeans held above July lows.in 2016 and 2017. That pattern so far is reversing this year, with corn holding and soybeans taking out the July bottom. But a resurgent wheat market has both contracts moving higher overnight.

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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.