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Todd Gleason and Dave Dickey

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12:55 pm - MIDDAY: Commentary with Sue Martin

1:50 pm - SETTLEMENTS: CME Group CBOT & CME

2:06 pm - CLOSING MARKET REPORT: Market Analysis, Ag News, Cash Grain Analysis, & Ag Weather

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Exclusive Interview with National Agricultural Statiistics Services director Joe Prusacki

Dave sat down with Joe Prusacki on Thursday for a wide ranging discussion on the Acerage and Quarterly Grain Stocks reports, DDGs, future offerings from NASS, the crop progress reports, and other subjects of interest to the market.

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Pre-Opening Market Report for Friday, July 3, 2009

AM 580 broadcast time 8:49 to 9 am Central; audio archive updated by 9:15 am

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Mid Day Commentary with Sue Martin - Friday, July 3, 2009

AM 580 broadcast time 12:55 to 12:57 pm Central; audio archive updated by 1 pm

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When Sue is unavailable commentary is provided by Mike Zuzolo of Risk Management Commodities.


Closing Market Report for Friday, July 3, 2009

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Commodity Week for July 2, 2009

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Mike Zuzolo, Risk Management Commodities - Lafayette, IN

Guest
Gary Schnitkey, Farm Mngmt Spec, University of Illinois

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Commodity Week for June 26, 2009

Commodity Week for June 26, 2009

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Matt Bennett, TGM - Windsor, IL
Matt Payne, The Andersons - Champaign, IL
Bill Mayer, Strategic Farm Marketing - Champaign, IL

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Commodity Week for June 19, 2009

Commodity Week for June 19, 2009

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Bill Mayer, Strategic Farm Marketing - Champaign, IL
Pete Manhart, Bates Commodities - Normal, IL
Dan Zwicker, ADM Grain Group - Decatur, IL

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Commodity Week for June 12, 2009

Business Week ending June 12, 2009 - willag.org

Guest: Dan Basse, Ag Resource

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Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities
Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group
Curt Kimmel, Bates Commodities

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Commodity Week for June 5, 2009

Business Week ending June 5, 2009 - willag.org

Guest: Jim Bower, Bower Trading, Lafayette, Indiana

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Paul Coolley, ADM Investor Services
Wayne Nelson, L and M Commodities
Mike Georgy, Allendale Inc.

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Commodity Week for May 29, 2009

Business Week ending March 29, 2009 - willag.org

Guest: Darrel Good, University of Illinois Extension

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The Latest USDA Reports

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Cattle on Feed Reports • Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Reports • Quarterly U-S Grain Stocks Reports • U-S Acreage Reports • U-S Crop Production Reports • U-S Ending Stocks Reports • World Ending Stocks Reports

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USDA June 2009 Planting Report in millions of acres (released June 30, 2009, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released June 30, 2009
Crop USDA June 30 Estimate Average Guess Range USDA March 31 Prospective Plantings USDA 2008 Final
Corn (National) 87.035 83.961 82.474 - 86.000 84.986 85.982
Selected States in 1,000 of Acres - - - - -
Illinois 12,300 - - 12,200 12,100
Indiana 5,700 - - 5,700 5,700
Iowa 13,700 - - 13,200 13,300
Nebraska 9,400 - - 8,800 8,800
Minnesota 7,700 - - 7,600 7,700
Soybeans (National) 77.483 78.121 75.300 - 79.631 76.024 75.718
Selected States in 1,000 of Acres - - - - -
Illinois 9,100 - - 9,100 9,200
Indiana 5,500 - - 5,400 5,450
Iowa 9,800 - - 9,850 9,750
Minnesota 7,200 - - 7,000 7,050
Ohio 4,600 - - 4,600 4,500
All Wheat 59.775 58.243 57.600 - 58.600 58.638 63.147
Spring Wheat 13.772 13.097 12.826 - 13.800 13.304 14.135
Durum 2.555 2.389 2.300 - 2.440 2.445 2.731

This report is filed in: U-S Acreage Reports

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USDA June 2009 Planting Report in millions of acres (released June 30, 2009, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released June 30, 2009
Crop USDA June 30 Estimate Average Guess Range USDA March 31 Prospective Plantings USDA 2008 Final
Corn 87.035 83.961 82.474 - 86.000 84.986 85.982
Soybeans 77.483 78.121 75.300 - 79.631 76.024 75.718
All Wheat 59.775 58.243 57.600 - 58.600 58.638 63.147
Spring Wheat 13.772 13.097 12.826 - 13.800 13.304 14.135
Durum 2.555 2.389 2.300 - 2.440 2.445 2.731

This report is filed in: U-S Acreage Reports

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USDA June 2009 Quarterly Grain Stocks Report in billions of bushels (released June 30, 2009, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released June 30, 2009
Crop USDA June Estimate Average Guess Range USDA March 1, 2009 Stocks
Corn 4.266 4.178 4.064 - 4.321 6.958
Soybeans 0.597 0.585 0.559 - 0.620 1.302
Wheat 0.667 0.670 0.640 - 0.687 1.037

This report is filed in: Quarterly U-S Grain Stocks Reports

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USDA June 2009 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report (released June 26, 2009, 2:00 p.m. CST)
released June 26, 2009
- USDA June Estimate Average Guess Range USDA March Estimate
All Hogs and Pigs on June 1 98.0 98.1 96.7 - 99.0 97.0
Kept for Breeding 97.0 97.6 96.2 - 98.5 97.0
Kept for Marketing 98.0 98.0 96.7 - 99.1 97.0
March - May Pig Crop 100.0 99.1 97.0 - 100.8 99.0
March - May Pigs per Litter 102.0 101.8 101.0 - 102.2 103.0
June - August Farrowing Intentions 97.0 96.7 95.0 - 99.0 97.0
Sept - Nov Farrowing Intentions 98.0 97.5 94.0 - 99.2 96.0
Hogs under 60 lbs 98.0 98.2 97.0 - 99.0 97.0
Hogs 60 to 119 lbs 98.0 97.9 96.7 - 98.6 97.0
Hogs 120 to 179 lbs 98.0 97.7 96.2 - 99.0 97.0
Hogs 180 lbs and over 100.0 98.6 96.1 - 101.2 98.0

This report is filed in: Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Reports

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USDA June 2009 Cattle on Feed Report (released June 19, 2009, 2:00 p.m CST)
released June 19, 2009
- USDA June Estimate Average Guess Range USDA May Estimate
On Feed 1 June 96.0 96.7 96.0 - 98.5 96.0
Placements during May 86.0 87.7 82.9 - 97.0 104.00
Marketed in May 91.0 90.9 90.0 - 92.0 99.0

This report is filed in: Cattle on Feed Reports

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USDA June 2009 Ending Stock Estimates for 2008-09 in billions of bushels (released June 10, 2009, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released June 10, 2009
Crop USDA June 2009 Estimate Average Guess Range USDA May Estimate
Corn 1.600 1.597 1.550 - 1.650 1.600
Soybeans 0.110 0.114 0.099 - 0.130 0.130
Wheat 0.669 0.669 0.655 - 0.684 0.669

This report is filed in: U-S Ending Stocks Reports

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USDA June 2009 Ending Stock Estimates for 2009-10 in billions of bushels (released June 10, 2009, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released June 10, 2009
Crop USDA June 2009 Estimate Average Guess Range USDA May Estimate
Corn 1.090 1.059 0.892 - 1.160 1.145
Soybeans 0.210 0.211 0.170 - 0.254 0.230
Wheat 0.647 0.605 0.535 - 0.655 0.637

This report is filed in: U-S Ending Stocks Reports

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USDA June 2009 Wheat Production Estimates in billions of bushels (released June 10, 2009, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released June 09, 2009
Crop USDA June 2009 Estimate Average Guess Range USDA May Estimate
All Wheat 2.016 2.022 1.993 - 2.058 2.026
Winter Wheat 1.492 1.497 1.480 - 1.531 1.502
Hard Red Winter Wheat 0.868 0.873 0.851 - 0.891 0.871
Soft Red Winter Wheat 0.415 0.416 0.396 - 0.413 0.422
White Winter Wheat 0.208 0.208 0.185 - 0.220 0.208

This report is filed in: U-S Crop Production Reports

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USDA June 2009 Global Ending Stocks Estimates in millions of metric tons (released June 10, 2009, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released
Crop USDA June 2009-10 Estimates USDA May 2009-10 Estimates USDA June 2008-09 Estimates USDA May 2008-09 Estimates
Wheat: - - - -
Ending Stocks 182.65 181.90 168.40 167.05
Production 656.06 657.62 682.18 682.68
Corn: - - - -
Ending Stocks 125.46 128.19 138.54 139.58
Production 781.46 785.14 787.27 787.83
Soybeans: - - - -
Ending Stocks 51.02 51.88 41.85 42.55
Production 241.67 241.72 210.91 212.79

This report is filed in: World Ending Stocks Reports

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USDA 2009 Prospective Planting Report in millions of acres (released March 31, 2009, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released March 31, 2009
Crop USDA March 31, 2009 Prospective Plantings Estimate Average Guess Range USDA 2008 Prospective Plantings Estimate 2008 Plantings
Corn (National) 84.986 84.269 80.000 - 89.000 86,014 85,982
Selected States in 1,000 of Acres - - - - -
Illinois 12,200 - - 12,600 12,100
Iowa 13,200 - - 13,200 13,300
Indiana 5,700 - - 5,700 5,700
Nebraska 8,800 - - 8,800 8,800
Minnesota 7,600 - - 7,600 7,700
- - - - - -
Soybeans (National) 76.024 79.765 77.000 - 83.000 74,793 75,718
Selected States in 1,000 of Acres - - - - -
Illinois 9,100 - - 8,800 9,200
Iowa 9,850 - - 9,800 9,750
Indiana 5,400 - - 5,500 5,450
Minnesota 7,000 - - 7,100 7,050
Ohio 4,600 - - 4,500 4,500
- - - - - -
All Wheat (National) 58.638 58.598 56,700 - 59,900 63,803 63,147

This report is filed in: U-S Acreage Reports

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Closing Market Report Agricultural Weather for Friday, July 3, 2009

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Agricultural Weather Analysts

  • Monday - Jon Davis, Mark Russo, Josh Darr, Chesapeake Energy
  • Tuesday - Don Day, Day Weather
  • Wednesday - Drew Learner, World Weather, Inc.
  • Thursday - Peter Leavitt, Agricultural Meteorologist
  • Friday - Steve Hilberg, Midwestern Regional Climate Center

AM 580 holds agricultural outlook panels across Illinois and Indiana to discuss the commodity markets and allow you to ask questions. They are free of charge and advanced registration is generally NOT required. We hope you will visit one soon!

If you would like to see an AM 580 Outlook Panel in your area please e-mail the WILL Ag Department.

Calendar of Upcoming Outlook Meetings
Date Location Time (Central except where noted) Panelists/Speakers Sponsor
July 22, 2009 Knights of Columbus, Streator, IL 6:00 p.m. h'orderves - 6:30 p.m. Outlook Meeting Jacquie Vokes, Stewart Peterson Group, Champaign, IL
Curt Kimmel, Bates Commodities, Normal, IL
Bill Mayer, Strategic Farm Marketing, Champaign, IL
Paul Coolley, ADM Investor Services, Oakland, IL
 LaSalle County Stockmen
July 30, 2009 Pefection Coffee House, Gibson City, IL 6:00 p.m. - Dinner
6:45 p.m. - AgriGold Talk
7:30 p.m. - WILL Market Outlook Panel		 Matt Bennett, Bennett Grain, Winsor, IL
Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, Champaign, IL
Curt KImmel, Bates Commodities, Normal, IL
 AgriGold Hybrids
August 18, 2009 Ford Iroquois Farm Bureau Office, Gilman 7:00 p.m. Bill Mayer, Strategic Farm Marketing, Champaign, IL
Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, IN
 Ford Iroquois County Farm Bureau
August 19, 2009 Arthur Community Center, Arthur, IL 6:30 p.m. Matt Bennett, Bennett Grain, Winsor, IL
Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, Champaign, IL
Curt KImmel, Bates Commodities, Normal, IL
 Douglas County Farm Bureau
August 25, 2009 El Paso Golf Club, El Paso, Illinois 6:00 p.m. Light Dinner
7:00 p.m. Outlook Meeting		 Jacquie Vokes, Stewart Peterson Group, Champaign, IL
Curt Kimmel, Bates Commodities, Normal, IL
Bill Mayer, Strataegic Farm Marketing, Champaign, IL
 Heartland Bank and Trust Company, El Paso, Illinois - Grainland Coop., El Paso, Illinois
September 10, 2009 AgriGold Champaign County Research Station 4:00 p.m. - AgriGold Meeting
6:00 p.m. - Dinner
7:00 p.m . - WILL Market Outlook Meeting		 Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana
Matt Bennett, Bennett Grain, Winsor, Illinois
Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, Champaign, Illinois
Curt Kimmel, Bates Commodities, Normal, Illinois
 AgriGold Hybrids

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