Crop and equity markets are mostly lower, with soybeans posting double-digit losses, amid investor nervousness ahead of Britain’s vote next week on whether to stay in the EU. The latest polls show Britains want to leave the bloc, a move experts say could create economic instability.
Also weighing on crops are new forecasts showing beneficial rain and mild temperatures next week in the Midwest.

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Crop and equity markets are mostly lower, with soybeans posting double-digit losses. (Photo: solarseven/Thinkstock)

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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