Markets
USDA's weekly export sales report is due out at 7:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, along with weekly U.S. jobless claims and an update of the U.S. Drought Monitor. The index of U.S. leading indicators for August is set for 9 a.m., followed by the Department of Energy's natural gas storage report at 9:30 a.m. Natural gas has more attention these days, now that U.S. supplies are down from a year ago, heading into winter.
Weather
As a system continues to wrap up over the Great Lakes, isolated showers will continue around Michigan, but with some streaks of moderate rain. Dry and mild conditions are in place for the rest of the country's growing regions, benefiting harvest and allowing soils to drain that saw moderate to heavy rainfall this week