Markets
USDA's weekly report of export sales will be released at 7:30 a.m. Friday, along with the U.S. Labor Department's consumer price index. The big events of the day for traders are USDA's WASDE and Crop Production reports, due out at 11 a.m. CDT. At 1 p.m. CDT, the U.S. Treasury Department releases the federal budget for August.
Weather
Light rain and drizzle are in store for the central Plains and western Midwest Friday. Dry conditions will be in place elsewhere. Temperatures will be cool for the season in central and south central areas and above to much-above normal northwest and southeast.
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