Insights and Stories on Futures

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn up, but highs may not last

Dec. 22, 2021 at 1:49 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Corn, wheat and soybeans were all trading on a positive note at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) just days before the winter holidays. According to Scott Capinegro, a broker for Barrington Commodity Brokers at Lake Barrington, Ill., a greater appetite for risk by investors and inclement weather […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near one-month high on smaller herd estimates

Dec. 21, 2021 at 7:24 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans hit summertime-level highs

Dec. 21, 2021 at 4:55 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes after December surge

Dec. 21, 2021 at 12:04 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures sag as broad selling hits markets

Dec. 20, 2021 at 6:22 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Winter wheat futures rise on demand, crop woes

Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. winter wheat futures rose on Monday on global demand and concerns about poor crop weather in America’s Plains region, while concerns about unfavourable dryness in parts of South America helped lift U.S. soy futures, analysts said. Traders focused on weather conditions after crop observers in […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures end mixed ahead of USDA data

Dec. 17, 2021 at 8:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed mixed on Friday, with the front February contract gaining against deferred months as traders squared positions ahead of a quarterly U.S. government hog report due next week, traders said. Most-active February hog futures settled up 0.45 cent at 80.8 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn set multi-month highs

Dec. 17, 2021 at 7:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed higher on Friday, hitting a 2-1/2 month top on worries about South American crop weather coupled with chart-based buying, traders said. Corn futures set a four-month high near $6 a bushel and wheat followed the firm trend (all figures US$). Chicago Board […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit three-week top as soyoil climbs

Dec. 16, 2021 at 8:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a three-week top on Thursday as soyoil futures rose two per cent and hit their highest in a week on signs of tightening U.S. vegetable oil supplies and fresh export demand, traders said. Wheat futures rose by nearly two per cent, bouncing […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures up in thin trade

Dec. 16, 2021 at 7:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose in thin trade on Thursday to halt a three-session slide, buoyed by firming cash hog markets and higher wholesale pork prices, analysts said. Most-active February hog futures settled up 1.025 cents at 80.35 cents/lb. (all figures US$). Trading volume […]

By Julie Ingwersen