Markets were all lower overnight, and that pattern accelerated throughout today’s session with wheat, corn and soybeans all suffering big losses at the close. The two primary factors in today’s markets are the following:
Corn Belt weather looks wet for the first half of this week. The latest forecasts indicate that heat and dryness will follow but not continue for a prolonged period. China’s president made comments over the weekend indicating that country is ready for a trade fight. The 6 July deadline for implementation of the proposed tariffs is now little more than a week away.
U.S. equity markets were also getting smashed today. Crude oil and the U.S. dollar were lower as well.
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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...
