Insights and Stories on Futures

Prairie cash wheat: Bids down despite cold weather, Russian tensions

Dec. 31, 2021 at 12:03 pm CST

MarketsFarm – Despite a wide array of factors which would have provided support to prices, Prairie wheat was in the red for the week ended Dec. 30. With areas already experiencing dry conditions, a large cold snap hit both the Prairie provinces in Canada and the Southern Plains in the […]

ICE weekly outlook: Hard to say where canola is going

Dec. 30, 2021 at 9:14 am CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

Dec. 27, 2021 at 8:19 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn extend rally

Dec. 27, 2021 at 2:39 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

Prairie cash wheat: Prices booked remarkable upswing in 2021

Dec. 24, 2021 at 4:02 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn futures near six-month high

Dec. 23, 2021 at 8:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures neared a six-month high and soybean futures topped a four-month high on Thursday on concerns about unfavorable dryness and heat threatening South American crops, analysts said. Rain is not expected to bring much relief to southern Brazil, the world’s top […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

Dec. 23, 2021 at 8:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures touched a four-week high on Thursday before retreating and may rise further next week because of smaller-than-expected national inventory numbers, analysts said. The U.S. hog herd totaled 74.2 million head on Dec. 1, down four per cent from a year earlier, the U.S. […]

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Holiday canola trading is anyone’s guess

Dec. 22, 2021 at 6:31 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The canola trading week starting Tuesday (Dec. 28) will be a short one and Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities said anything can happen. “I don’t know if we’re going to see that with computer trading. Volumes usually lighten up, but nothing is normal in this COVID world,” […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures extend rally

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures extended a rally to new multi-month peaks on Wednesday as dry weather in some South American growing belts stoked supply concerns. Wheat futures rose for a fifth straight session, tracking corn and soy while also drawing support from […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs approach four-week high

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures jumped to their highest prices in about four weeks on Wednesday, while cattle futures also advanced. Futures could come under pressure early on Thursday from monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture data that showed frozen pork supplies on Nov. 30 were down […]

By Tom Polansek