Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on Russian production outlook

Sep. 19, 2022 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat fell on Monday on an expected increase in Russia’s crop that will compete with U.S. exports, already hampered by a strong U.S. dollar, traders said. Soybeans were underpinned by Chinese export demand, while corn ended up slightly after two-sided trade on broader economic uncertainty. […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mixed

Sep. 19, 2022 at 6:37 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Manitoba pork industry grows despite ‘uncertainty’

Sep. 16, 2022 at 8:54 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybean futures slump on global demand concerns

Sep. 16, 2022 at 7:10 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end firmer, live cattle stumble

Sep. 16, 2022 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: December lean hogs hit four-week high

Sep. 15, 2022 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures touched a four-week high on Thursday on technical buying and concerns about tightening supplies, analysts said. Demand from pork processors helped underpin futures as packers’ profit margins improved, a broker said. Margins were estimated to be $2.45 per hog, up […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall from two-month highs amid broad sell-off

Sep. 15, 2022 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures closed lower on Thursday, with profit-taking dragging wheat down from two-month highs, traders said. Broad-based selling added pressure on prices as traders reduced their risk amid growing warnings of a global economic slowdown, analysts said. “Inflation and recession concerns hit all […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall

Sep. 14, 2022 at 5:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures fell on Wednesday, turning lower on a round of profit-taking after the most-active December contract hit its highest in more than three weeks early in the trading session. Cattle futures were mixed, with live cattle contracts easing for the second day in a […]

By Reuters

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures continue trending lower

Sep. 14, 2022 at 4:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts saw some choppy activity during the week ended Wednesday, but the general trend remains pointed lower. “Whenever canola rebounds, it doesn’t go as high,” analyst Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary said. Anderson described the chart pattern as a “falling top,” with […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report affecting corn, soybean prices

Sep. 14, 2022 at 3:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE), released Monday, have since played a major role on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), one trader says. Terry Reilly, grains analyst for Futures International in Chicago, said while corn ending stocks (1.219 billion bushels) and […]

By Adam Peleshaty