Markets
Thursday's schedule of events will look familiar to long-time market watchers: USDA export sales, weekly U.S. jobless claims and a new U.S. Drought Monitor at 7:30 a.m. CST. Also at 7:30 a.m., fourth quarter U.S. GDP and advanced durable goods in January will be posted. The U.S. Energy Department will provide natural gas inventory at 9:30 a.m. CST. South American weather and any trade news also remain of interest.
Weather
A little light snow in the Northern Plains and lighter lake-effect snow in the eastern Midwest, otherwise it will be rather quiet over the major crop areas on Thursday. Warming conditions over the next several days will help with snowmelt and soil drainage.
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