THE OPEN July beans: 55 higher July meal: 6.30 higher July soyoil: 130 pts higher July corn: 12 higher July wheat: 9 1/2 higher The markets opened higher and remained that way heading into the mid-morning hour. Beans were up the most having been punished the most, while oilshare saw more price stability. Beans gained on corn, while corn gained on wheat. SOY
The soy complex traded sharply higher and remained so into midday. There continues to be chatter that China could have purchased US beans on the break. Pullbacks were shallow as prices took back severe and perhaps overdone losses from yesterday. July beans attempts to work back towards $14.00, as the $13.30 leve...
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...
