Price action was fairly quiet in crop markets Wednesday morning, with corn and wheat markets a little higher and soybeans lower.

Traders await USDA’s acreage and production numbers that are due to be released Thursday morning on the first day of USDA’s annual two-day Outlook Forum. Corn acreage in 2017 is expected to be down from 2016 while soybean acres should increase.

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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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