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Iowa and Minnnesota were full of surprises as the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour wrapped up in Rochester, Minnesota. Listen to the podcast to get all of the final tour results.

Ken Ferrie of Crop-Tech Consulting details what he has been seeing on farm visits. He covers how the dry area is getting bigger, what a tip down in ears can mean, and the increase of SDS in April planted untreated beans.

A second case of African Swine Fever has been confirmed in China. The concern is that it’s in a completely different part of the country and it’s likely that diseased pigs traveled long distances.

Press reports indicate that program guidelines on the trade assistance package could be issued by next week. Meanwhile, business news articles and USDA data continue to shed light on agricultural export variables.

USDA says the U.S. has record or near record crops in the nation’s corn and soybean fields. What will the 2018 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop tour find next week?

Analysts break down the potential market impact of the tour results in this week’s Markets Now.

The investigative arm of I.C.E. led the operation that saw about a dozen businesses and plants raided and 17 business owners and managers indicted for fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

President Donald Trump said negotiations with Mexico on a new Nafta are “coming along nicely,” while telling Canada it will have to wait to re-enter the talks to modernize the three-nation trade pact.

Typically the trade sees a 4-bu. corn yield variance in the August WASDE report, reports market analysts from Allendale. The soybean market will be heavily influenced by trade factors.

U.S. farmers will see the first payments of a $12 billion subsidy program designed to shield them from a burgeoning trade war starting in September, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said.