Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn down on technical setback

Sep. 14, 2022 at 3:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Wednesday on a round of technical selling as traders adjusted their positions following a market rally sparked by the government’s Monday forecast for smaller-than-expected harvests. “That was a surprising number out of the U.S. Agriculture Department and the market […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures slip from seven-year peak

Sep. 13, 2022 at 3:58 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures dip on profit-taking

Sep. 13, 2022 at 3:15 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Klassen: April live cattle futures pull nearby cash feeder market higher

Sep. 13, 2022 at 1:19 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures weaken

Sep. 12, 2022 at 8:32 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures hit June highs

Sep. 12, 2022 at 8:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures surged to their highest price since June on Monday and closed near their highs after the U.S. government made bigger-than-expected cuts to its domestic harvest estimate. Corn futures also hit their highest price in more than two months following a […]

By Tom Polansek

Funds add to bearish bets in canola

Sep. 9, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The speculative net short position in the ICE Futures canola market grew during the week ended Tuesday, as fund traders added more bearish bets, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up on demand, tightening supplies

Sep. 9, 2022 at 5:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Friday in tandem with higher equities and energy markets as a robust slaughter pace and concerns about reduced cattle supplies in the coming months fueled buying. Packers have accelerated their daily slaughter pace following plant downtime around Monday’s […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat rally ahead of USDA report next week

Sep. 9, 2022 at 5:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rallied on Friday, lifted by technical buying and short covering along with spillover support from higher equities and energy markets. Wheat and corn drew additional support from a weaker dollar and concerns about continued grain shipments from Ukraine amid Russian […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mostly lower on weak cash market

Sep. 8, 2022 at 5:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended mostly lower on Thursday as eroding cash hog prices weighed on the market along with weaker wholesale pork prices and slumping pork exports. Technical buying helped to underpin the actively traded October contract, the only month that closed higher […]

By Karl Plume