Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures surge on lower-than-expected stocks

Sep. 30, 2020 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures soared on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture surprised traders by reporting crop inventories that were smaller than expected. Supply levels have declined after China, the world’s top soybean importer, stepped up its purchases of U.S. farm […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle up on beef demand, cash market optimism

Sep. 29, 2020 at 6:55 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease as harvest advances

Sep. 29, 2020 at 6:25 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder market

Sep. 28, 2020 at 8:57 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Soybeans end down on harvest pressure

Sep. 28, 2020 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up on cash market optimism

Sep. 28, 2020 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed firm on Monday, rallying after a sharply lower open as strong packer margins raised expectations for higher cash cattle trade this week, analysts said. Average beef packer margins rose to $320.18 per head, from $313.25 on Friday, according to livestock marketing […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed, reacting to futures and loonie

Sep. 25, 2020 at 9:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, as losses in U.S. futures were countered by support from a weakening Canadian dollar. The currency lost roughly a full cent during the week. Average Canada Western Red Spring (13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy firm after four days of losses

Sep. 25, 2020 at 5:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose on Friday, bouncing back from four straight days of declines on a mild round of bargain buying, traders said. But wheat futures weakened, weighed down by a firm dollar, which makes U.S. supplies more expensive to overseas […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on export hopes

Sep. 25, 2020 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose 1.7 per cent on Friday, with the market shrugging off bearish supply data on hopes that exports would remain strong, traders said. “At a time when we are nearing our fourth-quarter peak in supply, the market is highly focused on the belief […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on supply concerns

Sep. 24, 2020 at 3:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures rose to their highest in more than a month on Thursday, supported by signs of a stabilizing cash market and concerns about tight supplies in the coming months, traders said. “The feedlots believe… that we have a marketing hole for most of October […]

By Reuters