The crop markets are higher in light trading on Friday with the soybeans and spring wheat on track to both finish 40 cents or more higher for the year. Corn and winter wheat is about 6 cents lower for the year and soft red winter wheat about 60 cents lower. The crop markets close at their regular hours on Friday, but will be closed on Monday.

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Farm Futures Senior Editor Bob Burgdorfer comes to Penton Farm Progress with experience as a reporter covering grain markets and other global news with Reuters, Inc. A journalism graduate from Kansas State University, Bob has also worked at daily newspapers and Knight-Ridder as a commodity reporter, covering grains and livestock. He has earned five writing awards for his coverage of Mad Cow Disease, immigration issues and other international breaking news stories.

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