THE OPEN:
Nov beans: 10 lower Dec meal: 2.00 lower Dec soyoil: 65 lower Dec corn: 4 lower Dec wheat: 3 lower
The markets opened as called with prices continuing to congest in front of the July WASDE. Funds have been selling off more length awaiting the next fundamental input. Argentina's grain and financial markets are closed today and trading will Monday. SOY COMPLEX The soy complex opened as called and entered more technical consolidation within recent ranges. Soyoil values gained on meal at first, pushing oilshare up to 46.0% and August crush values dropped to 84 cents/bu. Reports of Chinese interest earlier in the week supported soybeans, but weather continues to dominate and, for now, continued scattered rainfa...
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...
