THE OPEN March beans: 4 1/2 lower March meal: .30 higher March soyoil: 9 lower March corn: 2 1/2 lower March wheat: 4 1/2 higher The major feature of the morning was that of spread trade, with traders buying wheat/selling corn and buying meal/selling soyoil. Meal prices rebounded off the lows of the trading range, awaiting NOPA crush numbers which stabilized beans. Corn prices remained under pressure as wheat prices worked higher. Funds remain long the markets still, continuing to look at SA weather forecasts. Without a clear vision that good rains are ahead, the markets seem to want to retain its edge. SOY
The major feature of the morning came from traders booking profits on...
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...
