Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat futures retreat after rally

Sep. 8, 2022 at 4:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Thursday, settling back from a sharp rally a day earlier as investors weighed Russian criticism of a Ukrainian grain export deal against prospects of a slowing global economy, traders said. Corn futures also were weaker despite growing concerns about a disappointing […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola trending lower

Sep. 7, 2022 at 6:34 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on new concerns about Ukraine exports

Sep. 7, 2022 at 5:57 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down on quiet cash trade

Sep. 7, 2022 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb on cash market optimism

Sep. 6, 2022 at 5:53 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall 1.5 per cent

Sep. 6, 2022 at 4:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.5 per cent on Tuesday as Argentina’s decision to offer farmers a better exchange rate for their crops threatened to raise export competition at a time when U.S. offerings typically dominate the market. “It just makes more product readily available short-term,” said […]

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed headed into long weekend

Sep. 2, 2022 at 9:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite projections that Canada will have a large wheat harvest this year, Western Canadian wheat bids were mixed for the week ended Thursday, largely due to a weakening Canadian dollar. Statistics Canada (StatCan) on Monday released its satellite imagery-based July principal field crop production estimates, which projected a […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans bounce ahead of long weekend

Sep. 2, 2022 at 7:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures rose on Friday on a short-covering bounce ahead of a three-day U.S. holiday weekend, led by strength in crude oil and other commodities as fears waned about aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. A rally in world stocks […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb on cash market optimism

Sep. 2, 2022 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended higher on Friday on expectations of higher cash cattle prices next week and position-squaring ahead of a long U.S. holiday weekend, traders said. Benchmark CME October live cattle futures settled up 1.75 cents at 144.55 cents/lb., with December up […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up as corn prices sag

Sep. 1, 2022 at 7:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled mostly higher on Thursday as lower grain prices propped up feeder cattle futures, signaling cheaper feed costs, traders said. Benchmark CME October live cattle futures settled up 0.225 cent at 142.8 cents/lb., a day after dipping to a four-week […]

By Julie Ingwersen