THE OPEN July beans: 21 higher July meal: 3.40 higher July soyoil: 120 pts higher July corn: 13 1/2 higher July wheat: 8 1/2 higher The markets opened into strength and found upside technical follow-through and new highs as funds returned as market buyers. Oilshare strength and stability for nearby bean spreads were features, but corn inverses remained under pressure as July contracts are rolled forward. Forecasts for hot and dry weather with limited rains in the Northern Plains underpins the markets and is the central focus. SOY
The main feature in the soy complex was that of higher oilshare as soyoil quickly traded back over 70c in the July contract while meal prices congested at t...
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...
