Insights and Stories on Futures

Funds add to short position in canola, move to net long in soy

May. 1, 2020 at 8:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The net managed money short position in canola rose slightly in late April, while soybean speculators covered some of their bearish bets, 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 […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide on renewed trade tensions with China

May. 1, 2020 at 7:37 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures climb with wholesale meat prices

May. 1, 2020 at 7:29 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs climb on strong pork exports, wholesale prices

Apr. 30, 2020 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on export demand, month-end position-squaring

Apr. 30, 2020 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

CBOT weekly outlook: Prices soft on lack of demand

Apr. 29, 2020 at 8:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Technical buying was a supportive factor on the Chicago Board of Trade in late April, but commodity futures were broadly lower due to a lack of export activity. However, China reportedly remains committed to fulfilling its end of its Phase One trade agreement with the United States. Although […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy rises on stronger Brazilian currency

Apr. 29, 2020 at 7:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Wednesday as plans to ease lockdown measures and a move by U.S. President Donald Trump to keep meat factories open tempered fears about demand destruction caused by the coronavirus epidemic. Wheat futures slid, hitting a one-month low as rains […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Hogs mostly lower as packing-plant woes persist

Apr. 29, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed mostly lower on Wednesday, setting back from a one-month high set a day earlier in the benchmark June contract as traders mulled the implications of a presidential order for U.S. meat packing plants to remain open, traders said. President Donald Trump […]

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Demand keeps canola well supported

Apr. 29, 2020 at 4:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, holding above major support as end-users showed solid demand. “The demand side of the formula is still quite good,” said Errol Anderson, of Pro Market Communications in Calgary. Domestic crushers were showing the best demand, he said, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Hogs pare gains as Trump plans order to keep meat plants open

Apr. 28, 2020 at 5:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures hit a four-week peak on Tuesday on worries about tightening pork supplies as the coronavirus shutters meat processing plants, but the market pared gains on news that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to order such sites to stay open. June lean hog […]

By Julie Ingwersen