THE OPEN May beans: 7 lower May meal: 2.30 lower May soyoil: 67 lower May corn: 3 1/4 lower May wheat: 6 1/2 lower The markets opened as called with grains breaking down led by wheat. Soyoil held on to morning lows which allowed beans to firm, while meal also held. Nearby corn spreads firmed once again to new highs on more China business. Into the end of the session early strength faded which resulted in fund profit-taking/liquidation. SOY
The soy complex traded lower with beans consolidating while soyoil futures firmed back from the start of the trading session. July crush trades to 60c/bu while oilshare trades down to 39.35% on a correction. July /Nov bean inverse bounces fro...
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...
