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As the two leaders of the ProFarmer Crop Tour converge, the eastern route and western route tell two very different stories—Chip Flory and Brian Grete are watching the markets with new perspective on crop conditions.

Roughly 25% of U.S. critical infrastructure is at risk of failure due to flooding. AgriTalk's Chip Flory and Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer put a magnifying glass on extreme weather, war, and other hot topics on The Hill.

This week’s National Drought Monitor reflected widespread improvement across areas of the Midwest and eastern parts of the Central and Northern Plains in response to beneficial rainfall.

Corn and soybean basis and cash prices plunged over the past week.

Weekend rains across the Midwest were light, the Senate continues to work on the infrastructure bill and boxed beef values continued to surge on Friday...

Sweltering temperatures may spur some sever weather today, Senators near the finish line on physical infrastructure bill and the CDC reinstates mask guidance...

Hot, dry weather will continue over the Midwest, Parana River levels are at long time lows and the Senate may or may not vote on the physical infrastructure bill later today...

Brazil's safrinha corn harvest progress lags year ago, squabbles continue over the infrastructure bill and the Biden administration blames China for a cyber attack...

Weekend rains were scattered over the Midwest as searing heat returns, Germany reports another case of ASF and economists say the economy expanded aggressively in the April to June period...

Harsh weather is forecast for the end of July, Germany confirms ASF on 2 farms and Xi Jinping emphasizes China's national food security problem...

The E.U. raises its soft wheat forecast, dryness in Brazil results in dredging on the Parana River and ASF continues to cause concern...

World Weather Inc. forecasts an active near-term weather pattern for the Midwest, inflation accelerated in June and a new bipartisan push to open Cuba to U.S. agriculture arises...

Cordonnier sports a neutral to lower bias on U.S. corn and soybean crops, Americans expect inflation to increase and China’s meat imports retreat…

China's PPI rises, Secretary Vilsack will travel to Omaha today and President Biden is expected to sign a sweeping Executive Order...

Cordonnier lowers U.S. corn and soybean yield forecasts, an energy company seeks damages over Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline and China initiates pilot program to insure hogs...

Markets and government offices will be closed Monday in observance of Independence Day, the Fed suggests a 2022 rate hike and the House passes a transportation and water infrastructure measure...

Cordonnier makes no change to U.S. corn and soybean estimates, China rejects Canadian request for dispute settlement and details on dairy payments take a back seat to infrastructure plan...

Spring wheat condition ratings plummet, China will auction more state-owned corn and lawmakers edge closer to an infrastructure deal...

Biden and Putin agree on Iran's nuclear aspirations, limits expand for lean hog contracts as the cash market surges and Grassley looks forward to Ag Committee hearings on cattle industry woes...

Fed officials may indicate they are eyeing an interest rate increase sooner than expected, President Biden is to meet with Vladimir Putin today and China reports its pig herd surged in May...

Biden explores ways to relieve refiners of RFS blending requirements, the U.S. Budget deficit has risen sharply and a bipartisan group of senators find consensus on an infrastructure proposal...

USDA will release its June S&D balance sheets today, Biden tells military personnel coronavirus and climate change are among the greatest threats and El Salvador approves bitcoin as legal currency...

Recent rains were too little, too late for a portion of the Brazilian safrinha corn crop, Blinken looks to open trade talks with Taiwan and USDA begins work on rules for cell-based meat…

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Monday, June 7.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Thursday, June 3.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Wednesday, June 2.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Wednesday, May 26.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Tuesday, May 25.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Monday, May 24.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Friday, May 21.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Wednesday, May 19.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Thursday, May 13.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Wednesday, May 12.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Tuesday, May 11.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Friday, April 30.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Thursday, April 29.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Tuesday, April 27.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Monday, April 26.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Friday, April 23.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Thursday, April 22.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Wednesday, April 21.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Tuesday, April 20.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Monday, April 19.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Friday, April 16.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Thursday, April 15.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Wednesday, April 14.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Monday, April 5.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Thursday, April 1.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Wednesday, March 31.

From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Friday, March 26.