THE OPEN May beans: 3/4 higher May meal: 1.80 higher May soyoil: 69 higher May corn: 1 higher May wheat: 3 1/2 lower Prices opened as expected with solid gains in the soy complex that worked to put a floor under grains. This also found short-covering as well. After the open, prices were higher across the floor. SOY
The soy complex put in a healthy trade to the upside as beans and meal seemed to make up for the time lag with soyoil prices at new contract highs. Meal gained on soyoil, correcting July oilshare back to 40.0%. May bean prices rally, trading back towards the upper end of the range which is now from $14.40-$14.35. November bean prices tr...
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...
