Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Recent declines stoke export interest

Mar. 19, 2020 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rallied on Thursday, supported by technical buying and hopes for a pick-up in export demand as recent price declines made U.S. supplies more attractive to overseas buyers. Corn was bouncing off the near 3-1/2-year low it hit on Wednesday after […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rebound with grocery demand in focus

Mar. 19, 2020 at 7:44 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn skids to lowest level since September 2016

Mar. 18, 2020 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: More virus volatility expected in canola

Mar. 18, 2020 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Bargain buying lifts some commodities

Mar. 18, 2020 at 11:57 am CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn hits 18-month low

Mar. 17, 2020 at 4:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures plummeted 3.3 per cent to an 18-month low on Tuesday as traders said current prices were too high to generate demand from overseas buyers with the ongoing harvests in Brazil and Argentina providing cheaper offerings on the export market. Corn prices fell to […]

By Mark Weinraub

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

Grain price slump attracts bargain-hunting by importers

Mar. 17, 2020 at 2:46 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters — The collapse in grain prices caused by concern about the global impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus has generated some bargain-buying by importing countries, traders said on Tuesday. But they said the extent was still limited and there were no signs importers were making especially large purchases […]

By Reuters

Klassen: Feeder market digesting lower beef demand

Mar. 17, 2020 at 10:57 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were down $12-$18; mid-weight calves were down $10 to as much as $15 while calves under 550 lbs. were down $4-$8. The market is incorporating a risk discount due to uncertainty in beef demand for the second and third quarters of 2020. […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat book multi-month lows

Mar. 16, 2020 at 3:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures sank to multi-month lows on Monday on worries about the coronavirus pandemic denting the global economy and chilling end-user demand for commodities, traders said. “The fear is still that it will only get worse as the week unfolds,” said Mark Schultz, […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat firm, corn flat as financial markets steady

Mar. 13, 2020 at 6:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures closed fractionally higher on Friday and corn ended flat, stabilizing as wider financial markets regained some ground after plummeting on fears of the economic fallout from the global coronavirus outbreak. But soybean futures fell, hitting life-of-contract lows as crop weather in South America […]

By Julie Ingwersen