THE OPEN May beans: 4 1/2 higher May meal: 1.00 higher May soyoil: 4 higher May corn: 2 3/4 higher May wheat: 1/4 lower Prices opened as called but a shake-out in oilshare pressured bean prices. Corn gained on beans and wheat found a short-covering bounce into tomorrow's numbers. The Goldman Roll will begin tomorrow, as May contracts are rolled forward. SOY
The major feature in the soy complex was that of breaking spreads and sharply lower soyoil which pressured beans. May beans sold off to major support at $14.00 and November beans found support at $12.60. Both markets recovered off their lows as corn prices rallied. Weaker crude oil price...
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...
