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In the agricultural complex, the wheat market is giving back early momentum. Chicago soft red winter contracts are holding gains of just two to three cents at midday, a far cry from the double-digit strength we saw at the open. Black Sea supply tensions lit the fuse early, but sellers stepped back in as the session wore on.
Soybeans are telling a steadier story. Contracts are up two to five cents at midday, with the national average cash bean price climbing four and a half cents to eleven dollars and forty-five and a quarter cents. Soymeal is adding two dollars and sixty cents on the day, though soy oil is slipping thirty-seven points, a modest drag on the complex overall.
Turning to the technology sector, OpenAI is facing another wave of senior departures, with twelve executives having left the company through two thousand twenty six. Among the notable exits are Denise Dresser, Brad Lightcap, and Fidji Simo. The continued reshuffling of safety and ethics leadership raises real questions about organizational stability at one of the most closely watched companies in artificial intelligence.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
