Thursday’s release of USDA’s weekly Drought Monitor report reinforced that new crops in the ground could begin to feel some stress. The report showed abnormally dry conditions throughout most of the U.S. production zone.
The early season dryness could really impact corn, which is why new crop futures spiked higher even as July corn lost value. The heat and dryness could get some relief from scattered storms and thunderstorms, but they are scattered.
USDA’s weekly Export Sales report is delayed until tomorrow due to this past Monday’s federal holiday. At the macro level, a new report shows China’s manufacturing sector may not be contracting after all. Financial markets continued to react posit...
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...
