THE OPEN Nov beans: 18 lower Dec meal: 4.00 lower Dec soyoil: 96 pts lower Dec corn: 9 lower Dec wheat: 12 lower The markets opened as expected but weaker outside markets, bearish Pro Farmer Crop tour comments, and rains forecasted for the weekend took a toll on the marketplace. Prices technically broke key support, which triggered sell-stops and lower price action. SOY
The soy complex traded lower with funds coming out as sellers heading into what could be a wet weekend of weather. Flash sales of 263 tmt to China and 149 tmt to Mexico did not help the bean markets cause. Old crop bean sales to China were for 1.030 mmt. Sep. beans leg lower trading down to 13...
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...
