Reports for Wednesday include the weekly Petroleum Status report from the Energy Information Administration at 9:30 a.m. CST which will include last week's ethanol production. Later on at 11 a.m. CST, USDA will release the State Stories compilation which will include NASS field office reports on crop and range conditions in select states, which will be noteworthy for winter wheat given the cold snap in late January.
Weather
A system continues to bring scattered rain showers into the Southeast on Wednesday. Some spotty showers are found in the Plains as well. It's a bit cold in the Midwest Wednesday, but warmer air continues to lurk across the West and leak into the Plains.