Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat firms on global supply issues

Sep. 23, 2021 at 4:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures firmed on Thursday, strengthened by global supply concerns and a firming oat futures market on drought-stricken North American supplies. Corn and soybeans edged higher, supported by wheat and oats. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board Of Trade (CBOT) added 12 cents […]

CBOT oats climb on supply woes

Sep. 23, 2021 at 12:59 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Canola waiting on fresh news

Sep. 22, 2021 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy jump despite rising harvest as oil, equities gain

Sep. 22, 2021 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest moving markets sideways

Sep. 22, 2021 at 12:02 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn eases as harvest progresses

Sep. 21, 2021 at 7:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn eased for a fourth session on Tuesday as harvest progressed in the U.S., pressuring supplies, while a rallying dollar and lingering storm disruption cooled export sentiment. Wheat tracked corn lower on outside market pressure, while soybeans firmed after a near three-month low on Monday. […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle follow packer demand down

Sep. 21, 2021 at 6:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by weak cash cattle trade as packer demand remains light, analysts said. “The lack of bids is daunting,” said Joe Kooima, commodity broker at Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading Inc. Kooima noted packers have enough cattle purchased […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Klassen: Finishing feedlot demand drives yearlings higher

Sep. 21, 2021 at 2:17 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings traded $2 lower to as much as $5 higher. Strength was once again noted in southern Alberta where heavier yearlings recorded a fresh 52-week high. Calves were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels. Larger groups of quality weaned genetics traded as much $5 above […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mixed, hogs lower

Sep. 20, 2021 at 6:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended mixed on Monday as late-session bargain buying only partly offset pressure from adequate cattle supplies and global economic concerns that threatened to blunt demand for beef. “The cattle market can’t seem to catch a break. Boxed beef has been […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slump with harvest pressure, equities, oil

Sep. 20, 2021 at 2:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures retreated on Monday as harvesting accelerated across the Midwest farm belt and sinking energy and equities prices weighed on market sentiment. Benchmark November soybean futures touched their lowest point in nearly three months, while December corn fell for a third straight […]

By Karl Plume