THE OPEN May beans: 6 1/2 higher May meal: 1.50 higher May soyoil: 45 higher May corn: 2 1/4 higher May wheat: 1 lower The markets opened lower and found some profit-taking for grains, while bean prices traded higher. The corn/bean ratio has been skewed in favor of corn, which today saw a needed correction. Products were higher with the soy complex bouncing expecting a good NOPA March crush number today. SOY
The soy complex values remained firm with prices congesting further. May and Nov bean prices found some technical buying interest over $14.00 and $12.65, respectively, though May generally gained on Nov now that the Goldman roll has ended. Poor bean sales...
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...
