On Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau will release the delayed September trade balance report at 7:30 a.m. CST. At that same time, USDA will release another catch-up export sales report, for the week ending November 13. Later in the afternoon, ERS will release a series of commodity outlooks such as their monthly Feed, Wheat, and Oil Crops Outlooks at 2 p.m. CST.
Weather
A clipper system in the Canadian Prairies and Northern Plains is producing scattered showers. That is organizing into a band of moderate precipitation across Montana that will spread southeast through Iowa and into the Ohio Valley throughout the day. Though it will be a mix of rain, freezing rain, and snow across the Northern Plains, it should turn to all snow across the Midwest. In general, 3-6" of snow is forecast in the heaviest part of the band.