Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end mostly lower

Mar. 25, 2020 at 6:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark June live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower on Wednesday for the first time in five sessions as the market paused after a sharp rally driven by soaring retail beef prices. Wholesale beef prices jumped and packer profit margins skyrocketed this week […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit up on beef demand, strong packer margins

Mar. 24, 2020 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds after multi-year lows

Mar. 24, 2020 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder market remains vulnerable

Mar. 24, 2020 at 10:37 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit up as beef prices surge

Mar. 23, 2020 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps to one-month top

Mar. 23, 2020 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged nearly four per cent on Monday and hit a one-month high, buoyed by strong buying by domestic flour millers as consumers stockpile bread, and signs of a pick-up in global export business, traders said. Soybeans rose on expectations of rising demand for […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids surge on U.S. gains, weaker loonie

Mar. 23, 2020 at 1:38 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were significantly higher for the week ended Thursday on gains in U.S. markets coupled with a weaker Canadian dollar. Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat saw the largest increases, with bids up by more than $20 per tonne. Increases for Canada Western Red […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Fund traders cover canola shorts, liquidate corn longs

Mar. 22, 2020 at 2:34 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Fund traders were covering short positions in canola and liquidating longs in corn during the week ended Tuesday, 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 canola came in Tuesday […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy rise after export deals

Mar. 20, 2020 at 7:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and wheat futures rose on Friday, supported by a pick-up in Chinese demand for U.S. commodities, traders said. But corn closed lower, giving up early gains with traders shrugging off a massive sale to China to focus on expectations for a […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures rise on cash market strength

Mar. 20, 2020 at 7:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures rose on Friday on a spate of technical buying as the market tried to recover from its steep discount to the cash market, traders said. Strong demand from consumers at grocery stores due to worries about the coronavirus underpinned the gains. “They want […]

By Mark Weinraub