THE OPEN May beans: 6 1/2 higher May soyoil: 81 higher May meal; .40 lower May corn: 3 3/4 higher May wheat: 6 1/2 higher The markets opened as called with more technical buying sending corn prices to new contract highs for the December contract, while oilshare jumped on traders buying soyoil/sell meal. Beans followed the path of higher soyoil values amidst technical chart-based buying activity. China's statement that commodity prices are too high, thus asking lenders to curtail activity, created a profit-taking run yesterday, perfect for turn-around Tuesday today. The Goldman Roll continues through tomorrow, with open interest increasing in July contracts vs. May. SOY
The soy comple...
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...
