USDA's weekly export sales will be out at 7:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, the same time as weekly U.S. jobless claims, the U.S. trade deficit for February and an update of the U.S. Drought Monitor. The Energy Department's weekly natural gas storage report at 9:30 a.m.
Weather
A storm continues to wind down over the Great Lakes, but with heavy snow in the Northeast for Thursday. At the same time, a system is building in the West, which will bring widespread precipitation there and up into the western Canadian Prairies for the next few days. Quieter and warmer conditions are briefly taking over the middle of the country.