Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on improving Argentine crop weather

Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a one-week low on Friday, declining for a third straight session as traders fixated on forecasts for welcome rains in drought-hit Argentina, analysts said. Corn ended mostly lower on the Argentine weather outlook, but better-than-expected weekly U.S. grain export sales limited losses […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures hit one-month low

Jan. 19, 2023 at 9:43 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide on forecasts for much-needed Argentine rains

Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:05 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures sag as pork prices hover near two-year lows

Jan. 18, 2023 at 8:02 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn retreat off multi-month highs

Jan. 18, 2023 at 6:08 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

China driving crude oil price increases

Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:32 pm CST

MarketsFarm — China has largely been behind the current upticks in global crude oil prices, according to Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for Oil Price Information Services in Lakewood, NJ. He suggested that China’s economy will begin to pick up steam in 2023 after the government loosened its […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s steady week takes late turn

Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — While canola prices turned lower Wednesday, the week ending that day was full of rangebound trade activity with little movement. The March canola contract traded within a range of $832-$846.70 per tonne during the week, settling at the low end of the range after falling $5.20 on Wednesday […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn markets’ eyes on South America

Jan. 18, 2023 at 3:42 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were boosted by last Thursday’s bullish supply/demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but attention has since shifted back to South American growing conditions. “The primary thing right now is South American weather,” said market analyst Tom […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures sag on long liquidation, rising grains

Jan. 17, 2023 at 6:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, on spillover weakness from feeder cattle futures and long liquidation as market players responded to a hefty net long position held by commodity funds, analysts said. CME February live cattle settled down 0.725 cent at 157 cents/lb. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up off early declines on export data

Jan. 17, 2023 at 5:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures rallied to multi-month highs on Tuesday as signs of export demand and follow-through support from last week’s bullish U.S. government supply/demand reports overshadowed early pressure from wetter South American weather forecasts, traders said. Wheat followed the higher […]

By Julie Ingwersen