Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm on tighter supplies

Jul. 19, 2021 at 6:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures climbed on Monday, as supplies tightened in the northern U.S. Plains, traders said. “You’ve got a lot of empty yards,” said Scott Varilek, broker at Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading Inc. “We don’t have a lot of large supplies, large runs. […]

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs as drought persists

Jul. 19, 2021 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Wheat posts biggest weekly climb in six years

Jul. 16, 2021 at 6:34 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids up with strong gains in U.S. markets

Jul. 16, 2021 at 5:33 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle drift lower

Jul. 15, 2021 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on stressful northern Plains weather

Jul. 15, 2021 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Thursday, led by Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) spring wheat futures, which hit an 8-1/2-year high near US$9 a bushel as drought threatened crops in the northern Plains and Canadian Prairies. Soybean futures fell on disappointing domestic soy crush data and corn […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle fall on corn rally

Jul. 14, 2021 at 7:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower Wednesday, led by weakness in feeder cattle futures and profit-taking after a near two-week high, traders said. CME feeder futures set the tone, falling one per cent as corn futures jumped on worries about dry U.S. weather, a […]

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: $1,000 canola not a guarantee

Jul. 14, 2021 at 5:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Any idea of canola hitting $1,000 per tonne in the near future is not the sure thing some people may have thought it was, according to Errol Anderson, an analyst with ProMarket Communications in Calgary. “New-crop futures might take a run at $1,000 per tonne, but in the […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Inflation another major concern for traders

Jul. 14, 2021 at 4:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While weather has become a primary factor in rising commodity prices over the past week, traders at the Chicago Board of Trade are also paying close attention on inflation. Earlier Wednesday morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the producer price index (PPI) increased by one […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans up on weather worries

Jul. 14, 2021 at 4:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures hit their highest in nearly two weeks on Wednesday as forecasts called for dry weather in the Midwest crop belt next week and continued dryness in the northern Plains, threatening crop prospects, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade December corn settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen