THE OPEN Jan beans: 10 lower Jan meal: 3.80 lower Jan soyoil: 58 lower March down: 2 1/2 lower March wheat: 3 1/4 lower The markets opened in line with trade expectations as funds sold into commercial pricing activity. Corn continues to hold up well against beans, while meal holds up well against soyoil. Wheat attempts to stabilize but funds sell the small rally sending prices back towards trading range lows. More rainfall, a quiet export picture, and the mechanics of rolling futures forward finds most of the markets in a defensive strategy. SOY
The markets melted down a bit lower today, perhaps making room for a rally back in case the Dec. report is more bullish than expected. Jan m...
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...
