THE OPEN July beans: 17 higher July meal: 4.90 higher July soyoil: 92 higher July corn: 14 higher July wheat: 8 3/4 higher The open was met with good buying activity allowing both soyoil and corn to place new contract highs. Hedging was less as many are still out on holiday. Oilshare found some light profit-taking on palm oil's lower price action, but all in all the very strong soyoil market still is supportive for the complex in general. Volumes were off today, which could make for a somewhat tentative close despite midday strength. SOY
The soy complex opened as expected with more fund buying. July soyoil trades to new contract highs at 65c, putting a solid spin to bean price...
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...
