Insights and Stories on Futures

CBOT weekly outlook: Prices likely to trend downward

May. 25, 2022 at 12:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With weather in the U.S. becoming more favourable for spring planting, combined with other factors, prices on the Chicago Board of Trade CBOT) are expected to push lower, according to Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers at Barrington, Ill. “If you’re getting it planted and it rains, the […]

U.S. grains: Corn futures touch six-week low

May. 24, 2022 at 5:29 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall as supplies rise

May. 24, 2022 at 5:17 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Klassen: Canadian feeder market divorces from feeder cattle futures

May. 24, 2022 at 1:19 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise on export prospects

May. 23, 2022 at 4:21 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat firms ahead of USDA conditions report

May. 23, 2022 at 3:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Monday, snapping a three-session losing streak on a round of bargain buying as traders waited for the latest assessment about crop health. “It is just a bounce back from the bashing it took last week,” said Tom Fritz, commodity broker at […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat extends fall, soybeans firm

May. 20, 2022 at 7:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat fell for a third straight session on Friday, retreating further from a two-month high hit earlier this week as technical selling pressured the market, traders said. Corn also eased, as accelerated U.S. planting and news that Argentina may expand an export volume cap weighed. […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: August live cattle, feeders ease on USDA report

May. 20, 2022 at 7:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed on Friday, with the nearby contract firming while the most-active month eased, pressured by expectations of increased cattle placements in the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly assessment. U.S. feedlots held two per cent more cattle on May 1 versus […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Feed weekly outlook: Wheat far more expensive

May. 19, 2022 at 6:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The price for feed wheat is exorbitantly much higher than for barley or corn, according to Jim Beusekom of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. While price reports into that area’s feedlot alley put feed barley at $465 per tonne and corn at $480, wheat is about $600, he […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans jump on export demand

May. 19, 2022 at 6:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell on Thursday, giving back more of their recent gains, as traders sought to take profits amid mixed crop weather in the Northern Hemisphere and wider concerns about an economic slowdown. Meanwhile, soybean and soybean meal futures jumped on news of robust international […]

By P.J. Huffstutter