THE OPEN May beans: 15 higher May meal: 5.40 higher May soyoil: 50 higher May corn: 4 higher May wheat: 6 1/2 higher The markets opened as called with wheat triggering buy-stops as prices traded above recent highs. Oilshare remained the leader on the board, traveling to new highs on vegoil strength. Buy bean/sell corn trade continues as the acreage fight heats up. SOY
The soy complex was led by soyoil once again, which opened on a steady note but traded sharply higher after the open. March soyoil trades above 50c to 5150c, levels not seen since 2014. Crude oil prices helped soyoil to firm, while canola futures took a time-out to consolidate some of its recent gains. ...
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...
