The crop markets stabilized after the recent gains to multi-month highs. Market-moving news was fairly light today. There was an export sale of nearly 4.4 million bushels of corn to unknown destinations and a weekly energy report showed increases in ethanol production and stocks.

Weekly export sales will be released Friday morning.

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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