Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop on weaker pork, falling prices in China

Jun. 21, 2021 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell sharply on Monday, continuing a retreat from multi-year highs set earlier this month as cash pork prices dropped and worries increased about Chinese import demand for U.S. pork. Technical selling and profit-taking have sped the multi-session decline after the actively traded […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on long-term forecast, China demand

Jun. 21, 2021 at 3:22 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Live cattle up on bargain-buying

Jun. 18, 2021 at 7:46 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat up after sell-off

Jun. 18, 2021 at 5:25 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy plunge on weather, broad commodities sell-off

Jun. 17, 2021 at 6:32 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down for second consecutive day

Jun. 17, 2021 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell by an exchange-imposed limit for a second consecutive session on Thursday as commodities declined broadly. Selling by index funds fueled losses in markets from hogs to cattle and corn, after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it might raise […]

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Weather, soy complex weaken canola

Jun. 16, 2021 at 6:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wet weather on the Prairies and U.S. northern Plains has brought downward pressure on ICE Futures canola prices, taking the market off the contract highs hit in early June. Losses in palm oil and soyoil were also bearish. While precipitation, or the potential of it falling over canola-growing […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather market expected for rest of month

Jun. 16, 2021 at 6:41 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The weather is just one of the factors guiding futures values at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), according to Terry Reilly, grains analyst for Futures International in Chicago. As prices have fluctuated with hot and dry weather interrupted by rain, Reilly noted there’s more to the ebbs […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down on new China stats

Jun. 16, 2021 at 6:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell their daily three-U.S.-cent limit on Wednesday, pressured by falling U.S. wholesale prices for pork products and news of increasing hog numbers in China, traders said. China’s pig herd rose 23.5 per cent in May from a year earlier, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans down with vegetable oil prices

Jun. 16, 2021 at 4:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday to their lowest level in nearly two months, pressured by a retreat in global vegetable oil prices from multi-year highs, analysts said. Corn and wheat futures ended mixed, with the nearby July corn and wheat contracts closing higher, while back […]

By Julie Ingwersen