Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on exports, mixed harvest results

Sep. 29, 2022 at 5:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures inched higher on Thursday, supported by strong export sales after lower trade much of the week as harvest progresses across the U.S. Midwest, though some farmers report lower-than-anticipated yields, analysts said. Corn and wheat eased ahead of Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) […]

U.S. livestock: CME December hogs ease

Sep. 29, 2022 at 5:09 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME December hogs extend slide on long liquidation

Sep. 28, 2022 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat up on war worries

Sep. 28, 2022 at 6:04 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Canola shouldn’t fall hard

Sep. 28, 2022 at 4:52 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago.

CBOT weekly outlook: ‘Lots of moving parts’ in grain markets

Sep. 28, 2022 at 4:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As the U.S. dollar strengthened to levels unseen in 20 years over the past week, the prices for many commodities took a tumble, including Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn, wheat and soybeans. However, other factors are in play when it comes to prices, according to one trader. […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: CME hogs tumble to nine-month low on recession fears

Sep. 27, 2022 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark December lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell for a fifth consecutive session on Tuesday, touching a nine-month low as fears of a recession hurting consumer demand for meat triggered another round of long liquidation, traders said. Sliding prices for cash hogs and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering, Ukraine worries

Sep. 27, 2022 at 5:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 1.6 per cent on Tuesday as worries about escalating conflict in Ukraine and a pause in the U.S. dollar’s run-up to 20-year highs spurred a round of short-covering, traders said. Corn futures also firmed but pared gains by the close, and soybean […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans sag on recession fears

Sep. 26, 2022 at 7:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than two per cent and corn and soybeans followed the weaker trend on Monday, as fears of a global economic downturn, a rising dollar and expectations of a bumper wheat crop in Russia weighed on commodity markets, analysts said. Forecasts for […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures fall to multi-month lows

Sep. 26, 2022 at 7:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit a two-month low on Monday and the benchmark December lean hogs contract hit an eight-month low as worries about the U.S. and world economy triggered a round of long liquidation, analysts said. “This market is looking for positive news, […]

By Julie Ingwersen