Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat up on strong exports, inflation worries

Nov. 17, 2021 at 5:56 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped 2.1 per cent on Wednesday to their highest in nearly seven weeks, supported by fresh export deals and strength in the domestic cash market. Wheat and corn futures were also strong, with wheat recovering from a pullback on Tuesday to top the […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall, live cattle firm

Nov. 17, 2021 at 5:50 pm CST

By Reuters

ICE weekly outlook: Canola trade starts rolling out of January early

Nov. 17, 2021 at 3:56 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean purchases steal wheat’s thunder

Nov. 17, 2021 at 3:12 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat down off nine-year high

Nov. 16, 2021 at 6:37 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME cattle firm, cash cattle supportive

Nov. 15, 2021 at 6:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Monday, supported by tighter supplies of market-ready cattle that propped up cash prices last week, traders said. “In theory, the feedlots have a little more leverage, because there’s fewer cattle available for the packer to buy,” said Alan […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat extend rallies on strong demand

Nov. 15, 2021 at 4:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for the fifth session in a row on Monday on signs of good demand on both the domestic and export fronts. Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures extended their winning streak to a sixth straight session, hitting a nine-year […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Prairie cash wheat: Bids jump after USDA projects cuts

Nov. 14, 2021 at 7:57 pm CST

MarketsFarm — A larger-than-expected cut in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest supply and demand forecast, plus rising wheat futures in anticipation of tighter worldwide supply, led to higher bids for western Canadian wheat for the week ended Thursday. USDA on Tuesday trimmed world wheat ending stocks to 275.8 […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mostly lower as corn climbs

Nov. 12, 2021 at 8:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mostly lower on Friday, pressured by rising corn prices that depressed feeder cattle futures, traders said. But firmer cash cattle prices this week underpinned the market. CME January feeder cattle futures fell 1.35 cents to end at 157.725 cents/lb., […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb as soymeal surges

Nov. 12, 2021 at 7:54 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose about two per cent on Friday, led by soaring soymeal futures tied to technical buying, brisk demand for the high-protein feed ingredient and logistical hurdles, traders said. Corn and wheat futures followed the higher trend, supported by tightening global grain supplies and […]

By Julie Ingwersen