Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop to 3-1/2 year low

Apr. 2, 2020 at 6:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures dropped to a 3-1/2 year low on Thursday while cattle tumbled as recession concerns and surging U.S. unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic triggered broad liquidation across the battered livestock markets. Both live and feeder cattle and lean hogs dropped by their daily […]

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles on weak export sales, recession fears

Apr. 2, 2020 at 4:44 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Pandemic drives Chicago prices lower

Apr. 1, 2020 at 8:07 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs limit down on coronavirus fears

Apr. 1, 2020 at 6:00 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat posts steepest drop since August

Apr. 1, 2020 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn drops after USDA pegs plantings above expectations

Mar. 31, 2020 at 7:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures settled lower on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecast 2020 plantings at the largest in eight years, well above trade expectations, while soybeans firmed on a lower-than-anticipated acreage outlook. A tighter-than-expected USDA quarterly corn stocks estimate limited losses, but most […]

By Christopher Walljasper Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures jump in end-of-month, -quarter rebound

Mar. 31, 2020 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rallied by as much as the daily three-cent trading limit on Tuesday in an end-of-month and end-of-quarter profit-taking bounce following a steep drop fueled by concerns about the fast-spreading coronavirus and its economic impact. The recent dive in prices as governments imposed […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn slumps as ethanol makers feel coronavirus constraints

Mar. 30, 2020 at 7:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent on Monday on slowing grain demand from ethanol makers, as tightening coronavirus pandemic travel restrictions limited demand for the biofuel. Soybeans ended mixed, with nearby contracts lifted by firm soymeal prices and concerns coronavirus restrictions may impede […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat firm on Russia export quota plan

Mar. 27, 2020 at 7:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday on optimism about export prospects as a Russian plan to cap grain exports for the rest of the season shifted attention back to potential supply tensions during the coronavirus pandemic. However, futures pared gains on profit-taking ahead of the weekend […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats from two-month peak

Mar. 26, 2020 at 8:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Thursday, retreating from a two-month high set the previous session, as traders booked profits and awaited developments in the coronavirus crisis that had sparked the recent run-up in wheat markets. Soybean futures also declined but corn rallied late in the session […]

By Julie Ingwersen