Insights and Stories on Futures

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

Mar. 13, 2020 at 6:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell their expanded daily limit on Friday on fears that the coronavirus pandemic could curb consumer demand for meat and threaten the workforce at slaughterhouses, traders said. “The germophobia is in full force,” said Don Roose, president of Iowa-based U.S. Commodities. Traders […]

U.S. livestock: Wall Street leads CME cattle, hogs limit down

Mar. 12, 2020 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to six-month lows

Mar. 12, 2020 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sag as virus woes fuel recession fears

Mar. 11, 2020 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Volatility hampers canola

Mar. 11, 2020 at 3:43 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets focused on virus, oil prices, stocks

Mar. 11, 2020 at 3:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — From where Steve Georgy sits, commodity markets such as the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are currently focused on only three things. One is the COVID-19 coronavirus — specifically, how the global outbreak affects commodity markets, especially if it results in “the slowing down the movement of grain, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat decline as Wall Street tumbles

Mar. 11, 2020 at 3:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and wheat futures declined on Wednesday, following as Wall Street equity markets fell sharply on fears of the coronavirus causing a global recession and a lack of immediate U.S. measures to counter the economic fallout. Soybean futures turned lower, erasing early advances tied to […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn follow broad market rebound

Mar. 10, 2020 at 6:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures each rose for the first time in four sessions on Tuesday as expectations of policy action to curb economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak helped financial markets regain ground after a day-earlier drubbing. Wheat futures also closed higher in technical moves […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dive, led by energy, equity markets

Mar. 9, 2020 at 6:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Monday for a third straight session and hit life-of-contract lows following a plunge in crude oil and equity markets amid fears of a global recession, traders said. “When you have the stock market losing five to seven per cent of […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn follow as global markets slump

Mar. 9, 2020 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell more than two per cent on Monday and corn fell nearly one per cent as concern over the economic fallout from the coronavirus and a crash in crude oil prices pushed equities and other commodities sharply lower. Wheat futures on the Chicago […]

By Julie Ingwersen