THE OPEN March beans: 19 higher March meal: 6.80 higher March soyoil: 63 higher March corn: 3 higher March wheat: 3 1/4 higher March canola: 4.50 higher Prices opened as expected with wheat turning lower and the rest of the markets selling off from opening strength. Buy corn/sell wheat and buy beans/sell wheat trade was noted. Prices were able to hold at key lows, though weakening wheat created nervous profit-taking at new contract highs. SOY
The soy complex started the day with a profit-taking setback but once again those needing to price or get something on the books were there to buy the break. March beans fell at the start of the trading session along with pro...
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...
