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Marketings are expected to surge vs. year-ago but decline compared to May 2019
Find expectations for tomorrow’s Cattle on Feed Report.
June 24, 2021 02:20 PM
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Meghan Vick
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Agriculture News
Rains for the eastern Corn Belt, but western Belt still drying out
Severe thunderstorms affected parts of northern Illinois, northern Indiana, northern Ohio, and southern Michigan on Sunday. But other Midwest areas continued to dry out.
June 24, 2021 11:27 AM
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Meghan Vick
Pro Farmer's First Thing Today
First Thing Today
First Thing Today | June 24, 2021
Corn is hitting new lows for the month, with soybeans also under pressure. Sellers continue to dominate lean hog market and limits expand ahead of USDA’s weekly export sales update and its Quarterly Hogs & Pigs Report.
June 24, 2021 10:02 AM
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Meghan Vick
Exports
Agriculture News
No major surprises in today’s export sales update
Corn sales were near the midpoint of expectations, with exports holding strong. Old-crop soybean sales were near the upper end of expectations, but new-crop sales fell short. Wheat sales also met expectations.
June 24, 2021 07:55 AM
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Meghan Vick
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Agriculture News
Hogs & Pigs Report expected to show U.S. hog herd down 2.3% from year-ago
On average, analysts surveyed by Reuters expect USDA will report the June 1 hog herd around 75.572 million head.
June 23, 2021 02:42 PM
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Meghan Vick
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Agriculture News
FBN calling for soybean plantings to drop more than 1 million acres vs. March intentions
While corn prices rallied 22% from March 31 to June 1, soybean prices dipped 3%, lifting corn planting intentions at the expense of soybeans, according to FBN’s survey work.
June 23, 2021 11:54 AM
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Meghan Vick
Pro Farmer's First Thing Today
First Thing Today
First Thing Today | June 23, 2021
Welcome rains fell in Iowa, but western areas of the state again missed out. Levels of South America’s Parana River remain problematic. Fed Chair Powell said high prices should wane. Higher cash cattle trade picks up.
June 23, 2021 06:50 AM
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Meghan Vick
Meat Counter
Agriculture News
Cold Storage Report: Build in frozen pork stocks concerning
Frozen pork stocks stood at 461.14 million lbs. at the end of May, which was a 4.22-million-lb. (0.9%) build from April versus the usual 34-million-lb.-retreat for the month.
June 22, 2021 03:06 PM
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Meghan Vick
Pro Farmer's First Thing Today
First Thing Today
First Thing Today | June 22, 2021
Spring wheat soars amid a dive in condition ratings. Cordonnier sticks with his U.S. crop estimates, but he cut Brazil’s corn crop. Farm-state lawmakers want biofuel provisions to be wrapped into infrastructure package.
June 22, 2021 06:47 AM
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Meghan Vick
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Agriculture News
Hot, dry weather stresses crops in heart of the Corn Belt and Northern Plains
Spring wheat ratings plummeted, and corn came in lower than expected. Find more highlights from today’s weekly Crop Progress and Condition Report here.
June 21, 2021 03:53 PM
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Meghan Vick
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Meghan Vick

Meghan joined Pro Farmer in June 2011 and is currently the News Editor. Prior to joining the Pro Farmer team, Meghan worked as an editor at Stocks, Futures and Options (SFO) magazine. During her time there she gained her Series 3 license from the National Futures Association. She is a 2009 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, with Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and writing. LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed(‘limelight_player_28855'); At Pro Farmer, Meghan writes many of the daily market commentaries in addition to website news stories and updates on Washington happenings. She also compiles the quarterly Washington Outlook Report.