SPREADS March crush falls to 91.52c/bu while oilshare falls to 32.89%. March/May corn trades from 2 3/4c to 3 1/4c carry, while July/Dec corn prices could invert more on talk that the US will export a record amount of corn Jan 2021. July /Dec corn now trades from 15 3/4c inverse to 16 3/4c. March/May wheat trades from 2 3/4c carry to 3 1/4c. Jan/March bean spread narrows back into 4 3/4c from 5 1/4c as this is now day 3 of the Goldman Roll. March wheat/corn trades under 1.50c to new lows at 1.46 1/2c. PALM OIL Feb. down 10 ringgits at 3,356 ring/mt. NEWS The Dow is up 94 pts as crude oil trades to new highs of $46.24 /barrel. The US dollar trades down top 90.69. DELIVERIES wheat:&...
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...
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