The crop markets are mixed near midday with corn about unchanged, soybeans lower and wheat higher.

Soybeans retreated from the early gains that followed weekly exports sales that matched trade forecasts.

Corn and wheat export were better than expected to support those markets, with USDA also reporting two corn sales via its daily export reporting system.

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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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