THE OPEN July beans: 1 3/4 lower July meal: 2.00 higher July soyoil: 1.40 lower July corn: 3 higher July wheat: 1/4 lower Prices opened as called but the soy complex was defensive at the open led by lower soyoil values. Corn prices found quick support heading higher against the soy. Main trends were firmer grains vs. soy, and higher meal vs. weaker soyoil as traders booked profits in oilshare. SOY
The soy complex was in defensive mode after the start of the trading session, with a large sell-off in July soyoil into key lower support at 6450c where sell-stops were triggered taking prices to new lows at 64.28c. Traders found the sell-off handy to reapply buy soyoil/sell meal trad...
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...
