THE OPEN May beans: 5 higher May meal: .80 lower May soyoil: 34 higher May corn: 1 higher May wheat: 3 higher Prices opened as expected and turned extremely choppy into the opening moments of trade. Oilshare was the net gainer on the day as traders returned to buy soyoil/sell meal trade prompted by weaker crush margins vs. constructive soyoil charts. Corn found a bit more liquidation at the PM highs of the night, while wheat gained on corn as well. The huge fund long position weighed on corn, as some traders decided to exit the market. SOY
The main feature in the soy complex was that of higher oilshare as soyoil prices maintained an extremely firm trade, holding key support at...
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...
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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...
