THE OPEN July beans: 9 higher July meal: 2.00 higher July soyoil: 94 higher July corn: 1 higher July wheat: 5 3/4 higher The markets opened higher and quickly tacked on further gains. Bean and wheat prices led the rally based on technical direction and overnight strength. Beans gained on corn, and soyoil on meal. The index roll is on day 2 and is a major feature of trade and volume. SOY
Funds were back to buying the bean market as positions are lower than what they were a few months ago, allowing for further interest on pullbacks. The technical picture remains sound with prices now operating towards the upper portions of trading ranges. Spreads reb...
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...
