THE OPEN May beans: 15 higher May meal: 3.40 higher May soyoil: 1.08 pts higher May corn: 6 higher May wheat: 4 1/4 higher The markets opened as called with trends continuing to show stronger oilshare values and higher bean trade. Inverses strengthened today with front month values gaining. Chicago wheat gained on KC wheat. Though prices started on a firm note, the lack of volume and upside follow-through resulted in prices giving back some of the morning gains for corn and beans, with new crop prices weakening, particularly for corn. SOY
The major feature in the soy complex was that of soyoil gaining on meal, sending July oilshare back over 39.0%. Stronger crude oil prices und...
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...
