Insights and Stories on Futures

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat up, durum pulls back

Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies were mixed during the week ended Thursday. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats incurred moderate gains, as Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) fell back. Good upticks in the U.S. wheat complex fueled price increases in Western […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down in turnaround from rallies

Jun. 10, 2022 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans down off Thursday’s near-record high

Jun. 10, 2022 at 5:17 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy futures rally to 10-year top

Jun. 9, 2022 at 6:33 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures consolidate near peaks

Jun. 9, 2022 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Weather in focus for canola traders

Jun. 8, 2022 at 8:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts hit their lowest levels in two months during the first week of June but uncovered support to the downside to recover on Wednesday and hold rangebound overall. While crush margins are still well off the levels seen at this time a year ago, they […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy prices rise, yields may follow suit

Jun. 8, 2022 at 8:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybeans were the high-rising crop on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Wednesday, two days before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly world agriculture supply/demand estimates (WASDE) are released. Old- and new-crop soybeans all rose in tandem during the week, but while old-crop contracts […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans, corn, wheat rise

Jun. 8, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday on expectations that robust demand from both the domestic and export sectors will keep supplies tight until harvest in the fall, traders said. Corn futures were firm on support from strength in the cash market while wheat ended in positive […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally on concerns about supplies

Jun. 8, 2022 at 7:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rallied on Wednesday, supported by technical buying and signs of tightening supplies in the cash market, traders said. On a continuous basis, the front-month fed cattle contract hit its highest since November 2015. Live cattle hit a six-week high. Hog futures […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop after rally

Jun. 7, 2022 at 5:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 1.9 per cent on Tuesday on a round of profit taking as traders closely monitored prospects for grain exports out of Ukraine. “Wheat continues to ride the wave of varied rhetoric from the Black Sea that seemingly changes by the minute,” Matt […]

By Mark Weinraub