THE OPEN Nov beans: 2 higher Dec meal: 2.90 lower Dec soyoil: 70 higher Dec corn: 1/2 lower Dec wheat: 5 higher The markets opened as called but trade was thin and choppy with beans following meal prices lower and wheat seeing further gains. Buy wheat/sell corn and buy soyoil/sell meal spread trade continued. SOY
The soy complex was mixed with the major feature being stronger oilshare and soyoil values vs. weaker meal prices. August crush trades to 90c/bu while oilshare firms to 47.87%. September and November beans do some back and fill activity at the open after the healthy rallies from $13.00 this week. August beans trades to $14.61 as spreads remain firm.&n...
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...
