THE OPEN Jan beans: 3 higher Jan meal: .70 lower Jan soyoil: 7 higher March corn: 1 1/2 lower March wheat: 7 1/2 higher Wheat prices opened higher and set the tone for firmer values across the board after an opening choppy trade. Prices opened with profit-taking particularly in corn, but found a bid after the first hour of trade. There continues to be chatter around about both corn and wheat interest from China, although there are not yet any confirmations as such. March wheat streaked higher into mid-morning trade, which triggered buying and short-covering across the rest of the board. Volumes were relatively light as this ends a full week of the Goldman Roll. SOY
The soy comp...
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...
