Corn, soybean and wheat futures are higher at midday on Monday as they recover a little from last week’s lower week.

Weather forecasts are largely favorable for crops this week with scattered showers likely for much of the Midwest.

Attention is on Thursday’s USDA report, in which the government is expected to lower crop production and ending stocks estimates for corn and soybeans.

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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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