THE OPEN November beans: 4 higher December meal: 4.60 lower December soyoil: 180 pts higher December corn: 1 higher December wheat: 2 lower The markets opened as called with higher oilshare value intact once again remaining as the major feature of trade. Wheat lost to corn, and meal lost to soyoil. The nearby July/Dec corn inverted further as we head into first notice day tomorrow. The theme was that of more short-covering and cleaning up of July positions ahead of first notice day, but bulls also took a small rally to liquidate. SOY
The major feature of trade was that of higher oilshare as traders continued to buy soyoil and sell meal. December meal prices spent the majo...
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...
