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Pre-Opening Market Report for Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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

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Opening Market Report for Wednesday, August 27, 2008

AM 580 broadcast time 9:49 to 10 am Central; audio archive updated by 10:15 am

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Mid Day Commentary with Sue Martin - Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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 Wednesday, August 27, 2008

AM 580 broadcast time 2:06 to 2:40 pm Central; audio archive updated by 3 pm

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Commodity Week for August 22, 2008

Guest
Chip Flory, Pro Farmer

Panelist
Vince Reincke, Strategic Farm Marketing - Champaign, IL
Mike Georgy, Allendale - Mahomet, IL
Curt Kimmel, Bates Commodities - Normal, IL

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Commodity Week for August 15, 2008

Guest
Joe Prusacki, USDA NASS

Panelists
Ellen Dearden, Ag Review - Morton, Illinois
Greg Johnson, The Andersons - Champaign, Illinois
Dan Zwicker, ADM Grain Group - Decatur, Illinois

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Commodity Week for August 8, 2008

Guest
Joe Victor, Allendale - Crystal Lake, IL

Panelists
Matt Bennett, Bennett Grain - Windsor, IL
Graham Utter, AgriVisor LLC - Bloomington, IL
Pete Manhart, Bates Commodities - Normal, IL

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Commodity Week for August 1, 2008

Guest
Chris Hurt, Purdue Extension Ag Economist

Panelist
Bill Mayer, Roach Ag Marketing
Mike Georgy, Allendale
Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group

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Commodity Week for July 25, 2008

Guest:
Roy Huckabay, The Linn Group, Chicago, Illinois

Panelists:
Matt Bennett, Bennett Grain, Winsor, Illinois
Wyatt Muse, The Andersons, Champaign, Illinois
Curt Kimmel Bates Commodities, Normal, Illinois

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Commodity Week for July 18, 2008

Guest
Aaron Curtiss, Midco - Bloomington, IL

Panelists
Bill Mayer, Roach Ag Marketing - Lexington, IL
Brian Stark, The Andersons - Champaign, IL

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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 • World Production Reports

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USDA August 2008 Cattle on Feed Report (released August 22, 2008, 2:00 p.m. CST)
released August 22, 2008

-	USDA August Estimate	Average Guess	Range	USDA July Estimate
On Feed 1 August	96.0	96.4	95.4 - 98.3	96.0
Placed in July92.0	103.0	107.1	101.5 - 117.1	91.0
Marketed in July	102.0	102.1	100.0 - 103.5	92.0

This report is filed in: Cattle on Feed Reports

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USDA August 2008 Crop Production Estimates in billions of bushels (released August 12, 2008, 7:30 a.m. CST)
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Crop	August 2008 Estimate	Average Guess	Range	USDA July Estimate	USDA 2007 Final
Corn	12.288	11.986	11.100 - 12.430	11.715	13.074
Corn Yield	155.00	152.612	149.500 - 155.420	148.400	151.100
Soybeans	2.973	3.001	2.900 - 3.100	3.000	2.585
Soybean Yield	40.5	41.717	40.700 - 43.850	41.600	41.200

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

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USDA August 2008 Wheat Production Estimates in billions of bushels (released August 12, 2008, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released August 12, 2008

Crop	August 2008 Estimate	Average Guess	Range	July 2008 Estimate	2007 Production
All Wheat	2.462	2.465	2.422 - 2.537	2.461	2.067
All Winter Wheat	1.875	1.876	1.846 - 1.939	1.864	1.516
Other Spring	0.501	0.506	0.485 - 0.525	0.507	0.479
Durum Wheat	0.087	0.084	0.070 - 0.090	0.090	0.072

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

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USDA August 2008 Ending Stocks Estimates for 2007-08 in billions of bushels (released August 12, 2008, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released August 12, 2008

Crop	August 2008 Estimate	Average Guess	Range	USDA July 2008 Estimate
Corn	1.576	1.598	1.483 - 1.648	1.598
Soybeans	0.135	0.131	0.120 - 0.140	0.125

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

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USDA August 2008 Ending Stocks Estimates for 2008-09 in billions of bushels (released August 12, 2008, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released August 12, 2008

Crop	August 2008 Estimate	Average Guess	Range	USDA July 2008 Estimate
Corn	1.133	1.004	0.704 - 1.235	0.833
Soybeans	0.135	0.141	0.109 - 0.205	0.140
Wheat	0.574	0.528	0.489 - 0.578	0.537

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

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USDA August 2008 World Supply and Demand Estimates in millions of metric tons (released August 12, 2008, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released August 12, 2008

Country and Crop	August 2008-09 Estimate	July 2008-09 Estimate	August 2007-08 Estimate	July 2007-08 Estimate
Argentina Wheat	13.50	14.50	16.00	16.00
Australia Wheat	25.00	25.00	13.04	13.04
China Wheat	114.00	114.00	109.86	109.86
EU-27 Wheat	143.17	141.70	119.25	119.48
Canada Wheat	25.00	24.50	20.05	20.05
India Wheat	78.40	76.78	75.81	75.81
FSU-12 Wheat	105.96	102.34	92.69	92.69
China Corn	153.00	153.00	151.83	151.83
Argentina Corn	22.00	23.50	21.00	21.00
South Africa Corn	11.50	11.50	12.00	11.50
Brazil Corn	57.00	57.00	57.50	57.50
Brazil Soybeans	62.50	64.00	61.00	61.00
Argentina Soybeans	49.50	48.00	46.50	47.00

This report is filed in: World Production Reports

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USDA August 2008 Global Ending Stocks Estimates in million of metric tons (released August 12, 2008, 7:30 a.m. CST)
released August 12, 2008

Crop	August 2008-09 Estimate	July 2008-09 Estimate	August 2007-08 Estimate	July 2007-08 Estimate
Wheat:	-	-	-	-
Ending Stocks	136.16	133.06	115.21	116.05
Production	670.75	664.24	610.54	610.77
Corn:	-	-	-	-
Ending Stocks	112.38	105.31	122.46	124.64
Production	789.58	775.29	789.15	788.80
Soybeans:	-	-	-	-
Ending Stocks	49.28	48.87	49.25	48.84
Production	237.36	237.80	218.23	218.80

This report is filed in: World Ending Stocks Reports

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USDA July 2008 Cattle on Feed Report (released July 25, 2008, 2:00 p.m. CST)
released July 25, 2008

-	USDA July Estimate	Average Guess	Range	USDA June Estimate
On Feed July 1	96.0	95.6	94.9 - 96.3	96.0
Placed in June	91.0	92.3	87.8 - 101.0	88.0
Marketed in June	92.0	95.1	93.0 - 97.0	102.0

This report is filed in: Cattle on Feed Reports

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USDA June 30, 2008 Acreage Report in millions (released June 30, 2008, 7:30 a.m.
released June 30, 2008

*	USDA	Average	Range	Mar 31 Planting Int	2007 Seedings
Corn	87.327	85.321	79.614-87.399	86.014	93.600
Soybean	74.533	74.203	71.965-76.000	74.793	63.631
All Wheat	63.457	63.818	63.530-64.000	63.803	60.433
Spring Wheat	14.197	14.321	14.083-14.500	14.333	13.297
Durum	2.655	2.616	2.500-2.700	2.630	2.149
Winter Wheat	46.605

This report is filed in: U-S Acreage Reports

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USDA June 30, 2008 Quarterly Grain Stocks Report in billions of bushels (released June 30, 2008, 7:30 a.m.)
released June 30, 2008

*	USDA	Avg Trade Guess	Range	March 2008	June 2007
Corn	4.028	3.894	3.550-4.000	6.859	3.533
Soybean	0.676	0.663	0.615-0.720	1.428	1.092
Wheat	0.306	0.261	0.247-0.285	0.710	0.456

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

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AM 580 Agricultural Weather

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Closing Market Report Agricultural Weather for Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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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 23, 2008	Knights of Columbus Hall, Streator, Illinois	6:00 p.m. h'orderves - 6:30 p.m. Outlook Meeting	Paul Coolley, ADM Investor Services, Oakland, Illinois Curt Kimmel, Bates Commodities, Normal, Illinois Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, West Bend, Wisconsin Steve Freed, ADM, Chicago Ed Kieser, AM 580 Chief Meterologist	*LaSalle County Stockmen
July 24, 2008	El Paso Community Building	Dinner at 6:00 p.m. - Outlook Panel at 7:00 p.m.	Mike Zuzolo, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, West Bend, Wisconsin Bill Mayer, Roach Ag Marketing, Lexington, Illinois	*Heartland Bank - Grainland Coop.
August 11, 2008	Ag Reliant Genetics, Champaign County, Illinois	6:45 p.m. Outlook Meeting	Curt Kimmel, Bates Commodities, Normal, Illinois Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, West Bend, Wisconsin Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana Matt Bennett, Bennett Grain, Winsor, Illinois	*AgriGold Hybrids
August 12, 2008	Holiday Inn, Terre Haute, Indiana	7:00 p.m. EASTERN STANDARD TIME	Mike Zuzolo, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana Lee Gaus, EFG, Chicago, Illinois	*Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana
August 13, 2008	Moweaqua Lions Club Building, Moweaqua	6:00 p.m. with dinner to follow	Matt Bennett, Bennett Grain, Winsor, Illinois Darrel Good, University of Illinois Agricultural Economist, Champaign-Urbana Bill Mayer, Roach Ag Marketing, Lexington, Illinois	Co-sponsored by Shelby County State Bank and MHIS Crop
August 16, 2008	University Inn, Lafayette, Indiana	10:00 a.m. EASTERN STANDARD TIME	Mike Zuzolo, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana Tom Fritz, EFG, Chicago, Illinois	*Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana
August 18, 2008	Johnning Civic Center, Kokomo, Indiana	6:30 p.m. EASTERN STANDARD TIME	Mike Zuzolo, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana Lee Gaus, EFG, Chicago, Illinois Brian Maple, F. C. Stone and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana	*Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana, Kokomo Grian and Bank, Kokomo, Indiana
August 19, 2008	Ford-Iroquois Farm Bureau, Gilman, Illinois	7:00 p.m.	Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, West Bend, Wisconsin Bill Mayer, Roach Ag, Lexington, Illinois Pete Manhart, Bates Commodities, Normal, Illinois	*Ford-Iroquois County Farm Bureau
August 20, 2008	Maria Restaurant, Morris, Illinois	7:00 p.m.	Bill Mayer, Roach Ag Marketing, Lexington, Illinois Jerry Gulke, Strategic Marketing Services, Chicago, Illinois Roy Plote, Perfect Choice Investments, Leland, Illinois	*Grundy County Farm Bureau
August 26, 2008	Farm Progress Show, Boone, Iowa	9 a.m.- 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.	Sue Martin, Ag and Investment Services, Webster City Iowa Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana Pete Manhart, Bates Commodities, Normal, Illinois Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, West Bend, Wisconsin	WILL AM 580 Agriculture and AgriGold Hybrids
August 27, 2008	Farm Progress Show, Boone, Iowa	9 a.m. - 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.	Sue Martin, Ag and Investment Services, Webster City Iowa Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana Pete Manhart, Bates Commodities, Normal, Illinois Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, West Bend, Wisconsin	WILL AM 580 Agriculture and AgriGold Hybrids
August 28, 2008	Farm Progress Show, Boone, Iowa	9 a.m. - 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.	Sue Martin, Ag and Investment Services, Webster City Iowa Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana Pete Manhart, Bates Commodities, Normal, Illinois Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, West Bend, Wisconsin	WILL AM 580 Agriculture and AgriGold Hybrids
September 4, 2008	1st Bank, Manhattan, Illinois	7:00 p.m.	Paul Coolley, ADM Investor Services, Oakland, Illinois Curt Kimmel, Bates Commodities, Normal, Illinois Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, West Bend, Wisconsin	1st Bank, Manhattan, Illinois
September 8, 2008	Champaign County Farm Bureau, Champaign, Illinois	7:00 p.m. Outlook Meeting	Wayne Nelson, L and M Commodities, New Market, Indiana Jacquie Voeks, Stewart Peterson Group, West Bend, Wisconsin Curt Kimmel, Bates, Commodities, Normal, Illinois Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Indiana	C-U Corn and Soybean Marketing Club
November 13, 2008	TBA, Taylorville, Illinois	6:00 p.m. Dinner - 7:00 p.m. Meeting		Christian County Farm Bureau

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