THE OPEN March beans: 9 1/2 higher March meal: 2.70 higher March soyoil: 7 lower March corn: 1/4 higher March wheat: 2 1/2 lower The markets opened as expected with strength. Beans continued to gain on corn, while meal gained on soyoil. Prices continued to remain firm throughout the morning session, though wheat and soyoil saw both sides of even. Buy beans/sell wheat trade returned as a fan-favorite spread trade once more. SOY
The soy complex opened on a firm note with meal prices adding to morning gains. Meal prices continued to trade higher with a trade into new contract highs shortly after the open. The meal led rally backed beans, which also saw more noted buying. &nb...
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...
