THE OPEN March beans: 2 1/2 lower March meal: 2.20 lower March soyoil: 17 lower March corn: 1/4 lower March wheat: 1 higher The markets opened into new contract highs for corn with funds buyers across the board. Funds were buying back what they sold yesterday with room to add more as the Commitment-of-Trader's report for the soy complex particularly showed positions that were smaller than expected. Rallies on the back of fund selling worked higher as farmer selling remains extremely light. Wheat futures followed corn, while products stabilized on the back of strong bean and corn trade. A continuing weaker US dollar helps to support futures as well as new lows are set. SOY
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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...
