Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Harvest pressure weighs on corn, soybeans

Sep. 24, 2020 at 3:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures dropped to their lowest in more than a week on Thursday, with investors locking in gains made from a recent rally as combines rolled across key production areas of the Midwest, traders said. “The grains appear to be in full-on profit-taking […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola backs off two-year highs

Sep. 23, 2020 at 5:59 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures up ahead of USDA report

Sep. 23, 2020 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure to weigh on soy, corn

Sep. 23, 2020 at 3:46 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall as dollar rises

Sep. 23, 2020 at 2:48 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Klassen: Quality features influence feeder cattle prices

Sep. 22, 2020 at 8:07 pm CDT

Western Canadian yearling markets have traded in a sideways range over the past couple of weeks; major feedlot operators have been aggressive for 800-pound-plus feeders just off grass because these cattle are most efficient and therefore, most profitable. Grass yearlings were quoted steady to as much as $5 higher this […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Soy lower as harvest pressure overshadows buying

Sep. 22, 2020 at 7:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures ended lower on Tuesday, retreating from early strength as pressure from the expanding U.S. harvest outweighed support from continued soy sales to China and strength in soymeal futures, traders said. Corn futures drifted lower on strong U.S. crop ratings and promising Midwest harvest […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Hog futures gain on export optimism

Sep. 22, 2020 at 7:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures markets climbed on Tuesday on optimism over China’s continued purchases of U.S. grains, traders said. Exporters sold 266,000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans to China and 264,000 tonnes to unknown destinations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Tuesday, marking the 13th consecutive […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn fall sharply on fund selling

Sep. 21, 2020 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean, corn and wheat futures plunged on Monday as concerns about fresh coronavirus-driven lockdowns due to rising global case counts sparked a wave of risk-off trades. The grains, led by a 3.7 per cent drop in wheat that marked its biggest daily […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall with other commodities

Sep. 21, 2020 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle and hog futures markets fell on Monday, following a broad-based commodity sell-off in the absence of any fresh bullish news, traders said. “It is just kind of risk-off trade,” said Matthew Wiegand, broker at FuturesOne. “Livestock was for the most part happy to follow […]

By Reuters