Grain futures are mixed in choppy overnight trade as they try to hold Thursday’s gains. While growers in the eastern Midwest worry about drying conditions, the Gulf Coast is bracing for very heavy rains from Hurricane Harvey, which is already pounding Texas. The eyes of Wall Street are on Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where speeches from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi could provide clues on interest rate hikes in the year ahead.

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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. He also produces regular outlook reports on basis, energy, fertilizer and financial markets and feature price forecasts for key crop inputs.