THE OPEN November beans: 24 lower December meal: 4.20 lower December soyoil: 110 pts lower December corn: 3 1/2 lower December wheat: 6 3/4 lower The markets opened lower but better bean ratings vs. a small decline in corn took front and center stage. The Census crush number for soyoil was also a negative yesterday, which impacted trade. Selling pressure intensified for the soy complex sending beans and soyoil down to recent trading range lows, while grains were weaker, but mainly due to consistent selling pressure throughout the day. SOY
The soy complex started the day with losses but fund liquidation was noted in beans as better ratings and the lack of recent export activity result...
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...
