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Official Day 1 results from the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index shows the corn crop declined by 1.72 points and soybeans dropped 2.35 points from last week.
Consumers’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for all meat food groups declined in June compared to May.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index shows the condition of the SRW and HRW crops improved marginally from last week.
South American Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier trimmed his Brazil crop pegs on dry conditions in northeastern Brazil and heavy rains hampering soybean harvest in Rio Grande do Sul.
Some form of drought now covers 93.4% of Kansas, up from 74% last week. Moderate drought across the state also spread.
Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier points out the ten states with the greatest percentage increases in corn acreage from year-ago were fridge corn states.
The International Grain Council projects global corn production in 2016-17 to rise by 2.2% and for global wheat production to decline by 2.9% from 2015-16.
Meanwhile, South American Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier says there is disagreement about safrinha corn acreage in Brazil
South American Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier raised his soybean crop pegs as harvest advances in Brazil.