THE OPEN Jan beans: 1 higher Jan meal: 1.90 higher Jan soyoil: 38 higher March corn: 1 lower March wheat: 3/4 lower The markets opened as expected but encountered profit-taking from the start of the session. Pressure was noted as December contracts continue to liquidate heading into first notice day. Trade was choppy and on both sides of the market, with end-users taking advantage of breaks to price something. Spreads were weaker. Lower volumes are able to promote larger swings, and volume was relatively light for the day. Corn was weaker in the night session, and the reverse price action in wheat from higher to lower created more downside, pressuring the soy complex as...
Congress is moving forward with its FY 2027 spending bills, while also still working to address FY 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is still in a shutdown. The House Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and passed its FY 2027 bill. The House bill prov...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Tunisian researchers have been able to fully sequence the genomes of two local durum wheat types that have been grown in Tunisia for generations. They say that this “could be the key to developing more climate-resistant duru...
Update for 6 April 2025: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where ob...
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