July 1, 2016

2016 Crop Outl​ook​

Chris Hurt, Jim Mintert, and David Widmar from​ the Center of Commercial Agriculture discuss​ the corn, soybean, and wheat outlook following the release of USDA’s June 30th Grain Stocks and Acreage Reports.

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