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With five minutes to go on the farm clock, Max Miller jumped into a river of corn and changed his life’s course, riding the flow to massive entrepreneurial success.

Mixed market finish on Monday. Corn pricing in the smaller crop, with wheat seeing technical buying. Soybeans set back with yield boosting rains. Cattle continue to consolidate, with short covering in the hogs.

Mixed mid-session with corn, wheat and hogs higher. Pro Farmer estimates, money flow and weather all at play today. Michelle Rook gets a summary with Jeff Hoogendoorn of Professional Ag Marketing.

Pro Farmer released their state yield estimates on Friday. We compared Pro Farmer’s numbers to USDA’s state yield estimates in the August WASDE to determine the biggest misses in the east and west.

Markets open mixed with corn seeing support after the lower Pro Farmer corn yield and wheat is following. Soybeans down with rain over the weekend. Livestock see follow through technical selling and weaker cash.

Over the past 30 years of Pro Farmer Crop Tour, John Phipps has noted the reliably repetitive criticism of almost every aspect by farmers, media, and others. He addresses those critics in John’s World.

Growing up in New Mexico, around a family of farmers and ranchers, rain was the currency of hope. I spent every season waiting on rain. Anything over a 10% chance was a “good chance” for moisture.