THE OPEN November beans: 6 higher December meal: 4.50 lower December soyoil: 155 pts higher December corn: 1/2 lower December wheat: 6 lower Markets opened as called with prices continuing to recover on the back of mostly technical considerations. Open gaps above the market now remain targets as new buyers see eventual gap-fill. SOY
The major feature in the soy complex was higher oilshare followed by minor profit-taking, as soyoil prices reached critical resistance and meal critical support levels. Demand from China and India for vegoils remains robust, while concerns over expanding cases of ASF calls for some concerns. A recently written article stated that trade sources...
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...