Insights and Stories on Futures

CBOT weekly outlook: Wheat futures underpinned for now

Mar. 25, 2020 at 7:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — U.S. wheat futures have climbed higher over the past week, with the largest gains in Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat, as global uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic provided some support. However, that uncertainty could also makes predicting market trends rather difficult, according to an analyst. “All of […]

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on global demand for bread

Mar. 25, 2020 at 7:05 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end mostly lower

Mar. 25, 2020 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

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

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were quite variable. Compared to seven days earlier, Alberta feeder prices were unchanged to $5 lower; however, the markets in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba were down $5 to as much as $10 in some cases. Weakness in the yearling markets […]

By Jerry Klassen

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

Mar. 23, 2020 at 8:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose their daily limit on Monday, lifted by strong packer margins, rising wholesale beef prices and expectations of higher cash cattle prices this week after Tyson Foods said it would pay producers a one-time premium, traders said. Benchmark June live cattle futures […]

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