May 9, 2017
Corn and soybean futures are higher on Tuesday after USDA late on Monday said planting of the two crops was running behind the five-year averages as rain sidelined planters.
The wheat markets were a little higher as next week’s forecast favors warm, dry weather for the central Plain, which may help the crop recover from the late April snow storm.
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Farm Futures Senior Editor Bob Burgdorfer comes to Penton Farm Progress with experience as a reporter covering grain markets and other global news with Reuters, Inc. A journalism graduate from Kansas State University, Bob has also worked at daily newspapers and Knight-Ridder as a commodity reporter, covering grains and livestock. He has earned five writing awards for his coverage of Mad Cow Disease, immigration issues and other international breaking news stories.
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