Insights and Stories on Futures

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy in ‘Groundhog Day’ mode ahead of report

Jun. 24, 2020 at 10:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are biding their time in narrow, rangebound trade, awaiting updated acreage and stocks data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture later in the month. “It’s almost like Groundhog Day,” said Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago, referring […]

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slump on crop weather, economic concerns

Jun. 24, 2020 at 8:31 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures down on big supplies, economic jitters

Jun. 24, 2020 at 8:23 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Futures rise as frozen meat stocks decline

Jun. 23, 2020 at 5:56 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn drops to three-week low

Jun. 23, 2020 at 4:26 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop as China tightens food import restrictions

Jun. 22, 2020 at 5:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures retreated on Monday, with actively traded nearby contracts sinking more than three per cent and hitting life-of-contract lows amid worries about pork exports to China, which has stepped up oversight of imported goods due to COVID-19. China’s customs authority said on Sunday […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn falls on good crop weather

Jun. 22, 2020 at 4:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined for the first time in four sessions on Monday as warm weather and scattered rains across a large swath of the Midwest farm belt bolstered development of the recently planted crop. Soybeans were mostly lower as favourable U.S. weather outweighed support from […]

By Karl Plume

Fund short position edging down in canola

Jun. 19, 2020 at 8:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The managed money net short position in canola saw a slight reduction in mid-June, as speculators covered short positions in the market, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Futures drop ahead of USDA data

Jun. 19, 2020 at 4:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures fell on Friday, as hog producers and cattle ranchers continue to struggle with a massive backlog even as many slaughterhouses come back online. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, released Friday after the market close, showed May feedlot placements […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb as China trade talks progress

Jun. 19, 2020 at 3:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures gained on Friday as U.S. trade talks with China continued, invigorating hopes the top soybean importer would reach earlier export estimates. Wheat fell as the U.S. winter wheat harvest progressed, while corn inched higher on technical positioning. The most active soybean futures on […]

By Christopher Walljasper