THE OPEN Jan beans: 11 higher Jan meal: 4.00 higher Jan soyoil: 13 higher March corn: 2 3/4 higher March wheat: 2 1/2 higher Compact trade continues with a better rally out of wheat on short-covering and gains in the soy complex, meal performing better than soyoil. The markets are spending time in consolidation mode right now heading into the next round of reports. Volumes are off, given over mostly to spread trade as this is day 3 of the Goldman roll. SOY
The major feature in the soy complex was that of technical buying activity and more profit-taking in oilshare and soyoil as prices further consolidated price action. March crush slid to 91c/bu, (which is still a g...
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...
