Insights and Stories on Markets

CBOT Weekly: Planting pace outweighs Trump comments

Apr. 23, 2025 at 3:12 pm CDT

Rapid planting paces for major U.S. crops outweighed President Donald Trump's comments on trade with China at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended April 23.

U.S. grains: Soybeans jump on hopes of easing US-China trade tensions

Apr. 23, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Food processing plant interior with fresh pig carcasses hanging in the cold storage.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise, nearby hogs edge down

Apr. 23, 2025 at 3:07 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

American and Chinese flags flying on a backdrop of blue sky.

US signals willingness to de-escalate trade war with China

Apr. 23, 2025 at 1:58 pm CDT

By David Lawder Trevor Hunnicutt

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans get a technical bounce, corn and wheat ease

Apr. 22, 2025 at 4:27 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

cattle and a barbed wire fence at sunset

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle resume climb, hogs gain

Apr. 22, 2025 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures resumed their upward trajectory on Tuesday after Monday's dip, which had been influenced by threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to sack the Federal Reserve chair.

By Geralyn Wichers

Pulse weekly: Lentil/pea bids soften in Western Canada

Apr. 22, 2025 at 11:42 am CDT

Lentil and pea bids in Western Canada have softened over the past month, as all agricultural markets react to ongoing global trade uncertainty.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Cowboy rides through a pen of steers at a feedlot.

Klassen: Fall fed cattle supply concerns strengthen feeder complex

Apr. 22, 2025 at 9:56 am CDT

For the week ending April 19, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $2 to $3 above week-ago levels. Many auction barns did not have sales due to Good Friday but sale volumes were also smaller at active locations.

By Jerry Klassen

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

U.S. grains: Wheat up on US Plains dryness, soybeans fall on profit taking

Apr. 17, 2025 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago wheat futures rose on Thursday, supported by concerns that forecasted rain will not be enough to alleviate dryness in some U.S. wheat production regions, analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise as USDA reports decline in inventory; hogs gain

Apr. 17, 2025 at 3:42 pm CDT

Chicago live cattle and feeder contracts rose on Thursday as the USDA's cattle on feed report showed cattle inventory down two per cent compared to one year ago.

By Geralyn Wichers