On Thursday, USDA will release the weekly Export Sales report at 7:30 a.m. CDT. At the same time, the U.S. Census Bureau will release the Trade Balance report for January. At 2 p.m. CDT, USDA will release a series of commodity outlooks such as their monthly feed, cotton, and oil crops reports.
Weather
The cold front will continue to push off the East Coast with scattered showers on Thursday, aiding in some drought reduction. A system will move through the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest and be quite strong. This system will produce extremely strong winds with gusts over 70 mph looking likely across the Northern Plains and up to 60 mph in the Upper Midwest. Some areas of rain and snow will occur with the system as well with the heaviest accumulations near the Canadian border.