Chris and Duane seek to "step back" and try to assess all that has changed during the current growing season, especially a major wind storm, late season dryness, and an increasingly active Chinese buyer. For the first time, we may be seeing the beginning of a major turnaround in large spec funds, who have been short corn for months. Have fundamental foundations changed enough to alter price outlooks? There is a lot to discuss, as harvest approaches and producers ponder their marketing and storage plans.