THE OPEN July beans: 9 lower Jul meal: .20 lower Jly soyoil: 93 lower July corn: 12 lower July wheat: 16 lower The markets started the day lower but quickly found end-users, short-covering, and bargain hunters looking to own this pullback. Spreads were extremely firm with new highs. Oilshare found early stability and upside follow-through after the open. Longs were there to defend values at their open. The move higher from lower is typical of solid bull markets, which often features good comeback rallies after a significant correction. SOY
The main feature in the soy complex was that of higher oilshare, even though meal prices rebounded from the open as soyoil prices adjusted.&...
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...
