THE OPEN Nov beans: 2 higher Dec meal: 1.10 lower Dec soyoil: 40 higher Dec corn: 2 lower Dec wheat: 4 higher The markets opened as called with prices continuing to wobble at first, only to find some tech strength on the back of strong wheat. A sale of corn was noted for the open but did not move the funds to buy the market at first. The International Grains Council (IGC) raised its forecast for global 21/22 corn crop by 7 mmt to 1.209 bln tons. They also trimmed the forecast for global wheat production for 21/22 by one million to 781 million. SOY
The markets opened as expected with soyoil futures gaining on meal, and Dec. oilshare trading at 45.44%. Dec crush trad...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
