Insights and Stories on Markets

Feb. 18, 2025 at 4:58 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures reached a 16-month high above $5 a bushel on Tuesday on robust U.S. export demand and expectations that inventories may tighten, analysts said.

By Reuters, Tom Polansek

Feb. 18, 2025 at 4:45 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle ended the day stronger as another case of New World screwworm was found in Mexico.

By Geralyn Wichers

Feb. 18, 2025 at 11:22 am CST

Speculative fund traders moved to a net long position in canola for the first time in one-and-a-half years, as they covered short positions and put on fresh bullish bets in early February, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feb. 18, 2025 at 10:02 am CST

For the week ending February 15, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to five dollars higher on average compared to seven days earlier. The market has recovered after the recent stretch of adverse weather and the U.S. tariff threat in early February.

By Jerry Klassen

Feb. 14, 2025 at 4:46 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures Wv1 soared on Friday to their highest price since October, and analysts said support from blistering cold weather in the Black Sea and U.S. Plains regions prompted short covering.

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters