Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans fall in risk-off trade

Dec. 6, 2021 at 4:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Monday, with concerns about the spread of Omicron coronavirus variant causing investors to take some risk out of the market, traders said. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data released on Friday afternoon that showed large speculators cut their […]

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed, watching futures and currency

Dec. 3, 2021 at 9:32 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat slide continues in volatile week

Dec. 3, 2021 at 7:27 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs end down on profit-taking

Dec. 3, 2021 at 7:23 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as global demand offsets virus worries

Dec. 2, 2021 at 7:40 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs up with export demand

Dec. 2, 2021 at 7:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and lean hog futures rose again on Thursday, as fresh export numbers underscored strong demand for meat. Meanwhile prices on feeder cattle futures were mixed, as trades in the cash market prices jumped, traders said. Cash cattle had traded earlier in […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Grain futures regain ground as COVID jitters ease

Dec. 1, 2021 at 6:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures turned higher Wednesday, recouping some of their steep losses from the previous session, as investor concerns that the Omicron coronavirus variant would derail the global economy began to ease. Corn and soybeans also regained ground on end-user buying, traders said, following hopes of […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures finish higher

Dec. 1, 2021 at 5:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures finished higher on Wednesday as the markets recovered after dropping the previous session to their lowest prices in more than a week. Prices rose as investors’ concerns eased about the Omicron coronavirus variant, which rattled commodity and financial markets on Tuesday, […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets ‘resilient’ in face of Omicron

Dec. 1, 2021 at 1:47 pm CST

MarketsFarm — While fears over the newly-identified Omicron COVID-19 variant caused a sharp downturn Friday in oil and equities, crop prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were not as hard hit. “This new COVID-19 variant has got some traders spooked in the market here in thinking there might […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat extends slide as Omicron worries mount

Nov. 30, 2021 at 8:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat prices fell to a nearly three-week low on Tuesday, as concerns that the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant could slow the global economy drove investors to reduce risk exposure. The entire grains complex felt pressure early in the session, after Moderna’s CEO cautioned […]

By P.J. Huffstutter