THE OPEN March beans: 15 higher March meal: 4.30 higher March soyoil: 22 higher March corn: 2 1/2 higher March wheat: 1 1/2 higher March canola: 5.90 higher The markets opened as expected with weakness at the open followed by new buying which sent bean prices to new contract highs. Corn prices followed at a slower pace, while oilshare losses were noted. Meal gained on soyoil throughout the morning, and corn on wheat. Traders seemed to be getting back into a buy bean/sell wheat trade prior to the USDA report next week, in case the report is not as bullish as some expect. New lows were noted for crush today, as the products are not keeping up with bean strength. SOY
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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...
