Insights and Stories on International

U.S. livestock: Most CME live cattle futures gain on spreads

Oct. 4, 2017 at 6:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle gained modestly on Wednesday during a trading strategy known as bear spreading in which investors sold October futures and simultaneously bought deferred months. Some market participants used the spreads to avoid possible deliveries on Monday evening against the October contract. Profit-taking […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn dips under $3.50 as harvest pushes on

Oct. 4, 2017 at 3:28 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Corn nears one-week low as harvest weighs

Oct. 3, 2017 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cash, pork prices send CME hogs higher

Oct. 3, 2017 at 4:28 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Soaring river freight hits U.S. farmers

Oct. 2, 2017 at 8:09 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall on big harvest forecasts

Oct. 2, 2017 at 5:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell by over one per cent on Monday on expectations of large harvests that should more than meet demand, adding to hefty inventories, traders said. Wheat futures also fell, with the spot Chicago Board of Trade contract nearing a two-week low, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Bargain hunters, fund buying boost CME hogs

Oct. 2, 2017 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished sharply higher on Monday, fueled by bargain buying in the technically oversold market, said traders. They said funds helped accelerate market advances after contracts punched through technical resistance levels. October hogs, which will expire on Oct. 13, ended 1.85 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures slide on larger-than-expected crop view

Sep. 29, 2017 at 5:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell Friday, with Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) spring wheat tumbling more than three per cent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture surprised traders by raising its estimate of the U.S. spring wheat crop, despite a summer drought. Soybean and corn futures rose roughly […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end quarter mostly higher on short-covering

Sep. 29, 2017 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The bulk of Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts on Friday finished higher in the final trading session for the quarter, ignited by fund buying and short-covering, said traders. They said futures rallied from earlier losses on Friday and prior to late Thursday’s U.S. Department of […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy at two-week low on harvest, pre-report adjustments

Sep. 28, 2017 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a two-week low on Thursday on pressure from the expanding U.S. harvest and technical selling a day ahead of key U.S. government crop reports, analysts said. Wheat and corn followed the lower trend as traders adjusted positions ahead of the U.S. […]

By Julie Ingwersen