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Monday's lineup will sound familiar with weekly grain export inspections due out at 10 a.m. CDT. USDA's Crop Progress report at 3 p.m. CDT and feature corn and soybean harvest progress and winter wheat planting progress. As usual, the latest weather forecasts and any export sales will also get attention at the start of the first full week of October.
WeatherDry conditions will again cover all primary crop areas Monday, favoring row crop harvest and winter wheat planting. Some frost is indicated in the eastern Midwest. The Australia Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) values are now in La Nina categories in both the 30- and 90-day calculations at plus 9.90 on the 30-day and plus 8.05 on the 90-day.