Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures recover

Apr. 15, 2020 at 6:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle and hog futures advanced on Wednesday as the markets recovered slightly from recent losses that traders said had dropped prices too far below the cash markets. Futures prices have tumbled recently as major meat companies have shut slaughterhouses due to the spread of the […]

ICE weekly outlook: Loonie’s rally kept canola lower

Apr. 15, 2020 at 5:54 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Poor ethanol demand weighing on corn

Apr. 15, 2020 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Klassen: Weaker fed cattle prices weigh on feeder market

Apr. 14, 2020 at 10:14 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Funds still net-short on canola

Apr. 14, 2020 at 7:37 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall further on coronavirus demand risks

Apr. 14, 2020 at 4:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slid lower on Tuesday as fears of demand destruction for livestock feed due the closure of several U.S. meat packing plants hung over the market. Corn also inched lower, hovering near a 3-1/2-year low as it tracked crude oil markets. More than a […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop as livestock markets drag soymeal lower

Apr. 13, 2020 at 8:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell more than one per cent on Monday in the market’s steepest drop in 1-1/2 weeks, as livestock processing plant closures that impact feed supply weighed on soymeal prices. Corn also sagged despite optimistic news that OPEC might curb oil production, after a […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: June hogs, cattle plunge limit down

Apr. 13, 2020 at 8:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures tumbled on Monday on worries about declining U.S. meat processing capacity after Smithfield Foods announced Sunday it would indefinitely shut one of its pork plants due to novel coronavirus infections among workers. The closure at Sioux Falls, S.D., affecting four to five per […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat climb on currency

Apr. 9, 2020 at 8:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean and wheat futures on Thursday posted their biggest gains in two weeks, as a falling U.S. dollar made exports more attractive against South American and Black Sea grain producers. Corn futures climbed early on strong U.S. export sales and an early jump in crude […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Futures slide as COVID-19 worries roil market

Apr. 9, 2020 at 8:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures slumped again on Thursday, volatility roiling the market as it faced resistance over surging stocks and growing concerns that meat packers will close plants in the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Lean hog future prices slipped for a second session on concerns about the domestic […]

By P.J. Huffstutter