THE OPEN August beans: 3 lower, Nov beans 8 lower August meal: 2.50 lower August soyoil: 17 lower Sep corn: 6 lower, Dec corn 7 lower Dec wheat: steady The markets opened as called with soyoil futures and oilshare taking the lead to the upside, helping once again to stabilize bean trade. Inverses strengthened again particularly for July/Dec corn. At midday, soyoil prices continue to trend sharply higher, stabilizing beans but bringing pressure to meal. SOY
The soy complex feature of the day was that of recovering soyoil futures, which quickly traded higher on the day. August soyoil trades past 60c confirming a possible 57c to 60c range or higher, most likely back towards...
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...
