Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on China sales hopes

Jun. 2, 2020 at 5:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a three-week high on Tuesday on confirmation of U.S. soy sales to top global importer China and signs of an improving export outlook, traders said. Wheat futures fell as the U.S. winter wheat harvest got rolling while corn ended modestly higher. Chicago […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans end fractionally lower amid China trade woes

Jun. 1, 2020 at 4:16 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Fund traders add to short positions in canola, corn

Jun. 1, 2020 at 3:36 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slide on China tensions

May. 29, 2020 at 7:56 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower ahead of weekend

May. 29, 2020 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs lower on China tensions

May. 28, 2020 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures dropped by as much as the daily trading limit on Thursday on worries that rising tensions between Washington and Beijing could limit U.S. pork purchases by China, the world’s largest pork consumer. Sino-U.S. relations have worsened as the White House has threatened […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat up as weather, currency spark short-covering

May. 28, 2020 at 3:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped on Thursday to a five-week high as a weaker dollar, forecasts for hotter, drier weather in the Midwest corn belt and a further rebound in ethanol production triggered bargain buying and short-covering by managed funds. Wheat futures also rallied on expanding dryness […]

By Karl Plume

ICE weekly outlook: Extradition ruling not the only anchor on canola

May. 27, 2020 at 8:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Although ICE July canola finished $1.30 per tonne lower Wednesday, at $463.50, following a ruling on the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, Wayne Palmer said there’s much more to the decline in the price. While Palmer, a trader with Exceed Grain in Winnipeg, called the ruling “a […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Crop commodities rangebound

May. 27, 2020 at 8:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Favourable growing conditions across most of the U.S. — and a good start to the growing season — have kept commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade locked in a sideways range. In the crop progress report released Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on slowed planting progress

May. 27, 2020 at 7:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Wednesday as a slowdown in plantings in the Midwest and forecasts for more disruptive weather lifted prices to two-week highs, although technical selling kept a lid on gains. Corn also edged higher after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported slower-than-anticipated […]

By Karl Plume