The crop markets stabilized on Tuesday after Monday’s gains as traders await USDA’s monthly crop report due on Wednesday. The report is not expected make drastic changes to supply and demand numbers but traders tend to be cautious anyway.

Forecasts keep hot, dry weather in the Midwest and Northern Plains with the center point of next week’s expected heat wave positioned over the Dakotas and Montana.

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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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