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Corn up in Hull, IL along I 72/US 36 in Pike County near the Mississippi River.
Blake Roderick of the Pike & Scott County Farm Bureaus shared this photo of corn up in southern Illinois. Next Monday the first Weekly Crop Progress Report of the season comes out and we’ll learn what farmers have been up to in Ohio and across the Midwest.
This Friday USDA will release their Prospective Planting Report and we’ll see how much corn, soybeans and wheat everyone intends to plant this year.
| Commodity | Month | Last | Change |
| Electronic Corn | Jul | $6.6825 | +0.0975 |
| Electronic Corn | Sep | $5.6500 | +0.0525 |
| Electronic Corn | Dec | $5.3475 | +0.0425 |
| Electronic Soybeans | Jul | $15.2625 | +0.3200 |
| Electronic Soybeans | Aug | $14.2675 | +0.2125 |
| Electronic Soybeans | Sep | $13.0475 | +0.0475 |
| Electronic SRW Wheat | Jul | $7.0425 | +0.1575 |
| Electronic SRW Wheat | Sep | $7.1075 | +0.1500 |
| Electronic SRW Wheat | Dec | $7.2450 | +0.1400 |
| Electronic Soybean Meal | Jul | $447.2 | +6.6 |
| Electronic Soybean Meal | Aug | $415.4 | +5.0 |
| Electronic Soybean Meal | Sep | $384.6 | +3.3 |
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| Commodity | Month | Last | Change |
| Denatured Fuel Ethanol | Jun | $2.630 | -0.016 |
| Denatured Fuel Ethanol | Jul | $2.509 | -0.004 |
| Denatured Fuel Ethanol | Aug | $2.394 | +0.007 |
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| Commodity | Month | Last | Change |
| Live Cattle | Jun | $120.150 | +0.150 |
| Live Cattle | Aug | $119.600 | +0.375 |
| Live Cattle | Oct | $122.650 | +0.125 |
| Lean Hogs | Jun | $93.875 | - 0.675 |
| Lean Hogs | Jul | $92.725 | - 0.700 |
| Lean Hogs | Aug | $91.650 | - 0.425 |
| Feeder Cattle | May | $131.625 | - 0.275 |
| Feeder Cattle | Aug | $0.000 | 0.000 |
| Feeder Cattle | Sep | $0.000 | 0.000 |
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| Commodity | Month | Last | Change |
| MILK CLASS III | May | $18.51 | +0.01 |
| MILK CLASS III | Jun | $18.23 | +0.13 |
| MILK CLASS III | Jul | $18.49 | +0.10 |
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May 21, 2013
Analysis of today's markets from Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics
Wouldn’t bet the farm on planting this early.
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