It was a week of big gains for corn and soybeans, and wheat as well, but today put a damper on it. Wheat, like corn and soybeans came out of the chute this morning following on the double digit close in the overnight market. But wheat may have been buffeted (corn too) by speculation on whether Ukraine is going to ship grain. Key developments include the following:
This week, the UN established the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul to facilitate sales.
Ukraine’s harvest has picked up pace and has already netted 11.7 MMT of grain. The country could export 5 MMT of grain/month. At least one major insurance company has agreed to issue $50 million in coverage.
Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov says the...
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...
