THE OPEN May beans: 6 1/2 higher May meal .80 lower May soyoil: 85 higher May corn: 2 higher May weather: 5 higher The markets opened as called with the soy complex gaining on grains as the ratio correction further. Since the April report, corn has gained on beans, which has resulted in a ratio that is too low for beans considering the 120 mln bu carryout. Oil is fueled by higher crude, palm, and energies, while meal sees short-covering and a technical bounce as well. SOY
The soy complex traded in a very technical day manner building on gains from the start of the week. Though crush values were lower than expected, the pace of crush remains good trending higher on the back of firm so...
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...
