Markets
Thursday morning is busy with weekly grain export sales, U.S. jobless claims and an update of the U.S. Drought Monitor all due out at 7:30 a.m. CDT. Natural gas inventories follow at 9:30 a.m. Traders continue to watch the latest weather forecasts, any trade news and the ongoing quest for possible coronavirus vaccines and treatments.
Weather
A front slowly moving across the middle of the country will produce widespread moderate rainfall and a small risk for some severe weather from the western Midwest down through the Southern Plains Thursday. This will start a period of disruption to the wheat harvest, but benefit summer crops looking for more moisture.