THE OPEN Nov beans: 3 higher Dec meal; 2.70 higher Dec soyoil: 34 lower Dec corn: 1 1/2 higher Dec wheat: 3 1/2 lower The markets opened as expected with more strength in bean and meal prices while soyoil and wheat prices struggled. Price action was choppy as some bulls took profits and others perhaps entered as new shorts on the rally in anticipation of trading range activity. SOY
The major feature in the soy complex was that of weaker oilshare as traders unwound prev. buy soyoil/sell meal trade. Dec crush trades 45.46% with oilshare at 86c/bu. Palm is on holiday, offering little direction, while crude oil prices ease today. Bean prices put in an encouraging performance, driving beyond $13.00 f...
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...
