1/ "The Export Sales Data Snafu," by @JosephJanzen bit.ly/3QzFP9p

The absence of regular export sales reports raises at least two questions.

First, what is the state of export sales for the old-crop 2021-22 and new-crop 2022-23 marketing years for #corn and #soybeans? 2/ Based on the information we do have, prospects for old-crop US #corn and #soybean exports are mixed bit.ly/3QzFP9p

At the top of the hour--

farmdoc webinar:

* "#Illinois #Farm Economic Summit 2021- - - 2021/22 Market Outlook for #Corn and #Soybeans."

* Presenters: @ScottIrwinUI and @JosephJanzen.

* Register here: bit.ly/3lkVCMt Daily March 2022 #Corn Futures Prices, June 1, 2020 - November 19, 2021

At the top of the hour, farmdoc webinar:

"#Brazil and the United States."

Register here: bit.ly/37ZQbf5. Topics

1/ "#Brazil Starts Planting Grain Crop with Forecast of a New Record," by Joana Colussi bit.ly/3kE0H2N

#Farmers in Brazil began planting in September for what is expected to be a recording-breaking 2021-2022 harvest. 2/ The first projection from CONAB (National Supply Company in Brazil) projects farmers will produce 289.6 million tons of soybeans, corn, cotton, rice, and beans – accounting for nearly 95% of the total grain produced in #Brazil. bit.ly/3kE0H2N

1/ "Debt Financing and Timing Farmland Purchases," by Gary Schnitkey. bit.ly/3ECjsvr

Both cash rents and farmland prices rose in 2021. 2/ Figure 2 shows current returns to farmland from 1970 to 2021.

A close relationship between current returns and Treasury rates is expected. bit.ly/3ECjsvr

At the top of the hour- farmdoc webinar, May 26th.

* Updated Perspectives on the #Pandemic and Policy Responses

* Register Here: bit.ly/2TwO4Z0 Jonathan Coppess

At the top of the hour- farmdoc webinar, April 28.

* @farmdocDaily Live | #COVID19 and Ag.

* @nickdpaulson and @JoeGlauber1 on #Agricultural #Trade. Nick Paulson

At the farmdoc IFES meeting this morning in Champaign, @ScottIrwinUI presenting, @ScottIrwinUI 2019 Storyline--- Early 2018--- Daily Closing Price for the November 2019 Soybean Futures Contract, January 2018 - October 2019

1/ “What to Expect from #USMCA (or #NAFTA 1.01),” by Yujun Zhou, Kathy Baylis, Jonathan Coppess, and Qianting Xie goo.gl/P3x9du 2/ There are significant updates to #NAFTA in the automobile and #dairy industry, but other changes are relatively minor goo.gl/P3x9du