USDA's weekly export sales report is due out at 7:30 a.m. CDT Friday, the same time as employment data from the U.S. Labor Department. One day after the Independence Day holiday, U.S. grain and livestock futures resume trading at 8:30 a.m. CDT and will have their normal closing times. CFTC data, normally released on Friday afternoon, will not be issued until Monday afternoon.
Weather
A system moving through the Midwest is pushing a front from the Ohio Valley down into the Delta and Southeast for Friday and scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast over a wide area due to it. A system moving through the Canadian Prairies and Northern Plains will bring more isolated showers and storms through. Milder air is being dragged southward and eliminating the extensive heat we have seen over the last few days across the southern tier while heat is building up in the West.