It was another day of the weather and Chicago working at cross purposes. Continued heat and dryness are expected to knock corn and soybean yields lower but it was another day of losses for grains and oilseeds. There may be some profit taking ahead of the upcoming three-day holiday weekend, but it could cost more to reacquire positions next week. The heat will drive deeper into U.S. production areas this weekend and into next week with just a chance of showers in the very northern reaches.
Globally, dryness continues to afflict India and Australia, but better moisture is helping Europe, South America, and China. With the U.S. wheat harvest moving along it is not weather pressuring the market but uncompetitive supplies. The multi-da...
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...
