 Corn export sales of combined old and new crop were 36.4 million bushels. Mostly favorable weather is occurring over much of the Corn Belt, except for the Northwestern Belt and Northern Plains. Early Friday, the extended forecast suggests a hotter and drier pattern for both the Northern Plains and the Canadian prairies. For soybeans, soybeans from the U.S. are finally competitive, but to date, new crop soy sales are well behind last year at just under 28 million bushels compared to 69 million bushels a year ago.