THE OPEN May beans: 8 higher May meal: .70 higher May soyoil: 35 higher May corn: 8 1/2 higher May wheat: 11 higher The markets opened as called with wheat prices putting in sharply higher trade on the back of concerning global weather and higher Matif prices. Fund buying activity was apparent from the start of the day in a technically oriented day of chart-based activity. Oilshare was higher as well, with meal prices continuing to stay in the lower portion of recent ranges. Corn prices found new contract highs. SOY
The soy complex opened into higher oilshare, with beans following the lead of higher soyoil values. NOPA March crush will be released tomorrow, and is expecte...
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...
