THE OPEN November beans: 2 lower December meal: 1.60 higher December soyoil: 12 lower December corn: 6 higher December wheat: 12 higher The markets opened as called with corn prices rebounding along with strong wheat. Buy grains/sell soy and a small adjustment in oilshare were the features of the morning. Ultimately the lack of export sales announcements and fund selling broke the bean market lower, taking soyoil along with it. China is now on holiday for Golden Week celebrations though October 7th, which may leave volumes open to fund flows. SOY
Funds came out selling a small bean rally this AM given the newest USDA numbers, lack of export announcements, reported good yields, and technical char...
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...
