U.S. wheat futures have rallied and exceeded their most recent highs set in June 2017. Chicago December wheat is back pushing against the $6.00 level today as the long-term chart shows below:
The ongoing late season drought in the EU carved a much bigger hole in EU crop production than anyone was willing to forecast just 30 days ago. It’s possible the USDA will cut their EU wheat production estimate 15 to 20 MMT from their July estimate. That might be an unprecedented cut after only a 30-day mid-summer window . Most of the EU’s wheat production is winter wheat, not spring wheat. There will also likely be further cuts in wheat production in the U.S., Canada and the Black Sea region this Friday. The world wheat situation is get...
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...
