July 1, 2016

2016 Crop Outlook

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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