Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rebound to one-week high

Apr. 16, 2020 at 7:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live and feeder cattle futures jumped to one-week highs on Thursday as the markets extended rebounds after diving recently on concerns about the new coronavirus backing up livestock on farms. Hog futures remained under pressure from disruptions caused by the virus, which has shut pork […]

U.S. grains: Corn futures set 3-1/2 year low as ethanol output tumbles

Apr. 15, 2020 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures recover

Apr. 15, 2020 at 6:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

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

It appears finishing feedlots and cattle buyers are coming to terms with the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic may last longer than earlier anticipated. The “hope” factor that this environment will be short-lived has evaporated. Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3 to as much as […]

By Jerry Klassen

Funds still net-short on canola

Apr. 14, 2020 at 7:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Fund traders were on both sides of the canola market during the first week of April, reducing their net short position slightly, 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. 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