THE OPEN November beans: 15 higher December meal: 4.40 higher December soyoil: 71 higher December corn: 6 higher December wheat: 15 higher The markets were called higher and posted further gains after the open on technical considerations and calls for warmer and drier weather next week. Beans gained on corn, as we prepare to enter the make-or-break month of August. Soyoil traded higher, while wheat prices found upside follow-through as well. The higher prices were courtesy of momentum trades, which were extremely constructive with this week's rally. While corn advanced as well, major measurement gaps still remain open, an indicator that this market has less inherent strength. SOY
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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...
