Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn ease after rallies

Feb. 19, 2020 at 3:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures fell on Wednesday on profit taking from the previous session’s strong rally, grain dealers said. Bargain buying pulled the grain contracts from their session lows ahead of the close. “Yesterday was probably a little overdone in the wheat market,” said Jim […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally, pull corn higher

Feb. 18, 2020 at 8:06 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally with hopes for exports to China

Feb. 18, 2020 at 7:56 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat end lower ahead of long weekend

Feb. 14, 2020 at 7:10 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle bounce after this week’s four-month lows

Feb. 14, 2020 at 6:47 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy up on prospects for Chinese demand

Feb. 13, 2020 at 5:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday, rallying from early declines on short-covering and prospects for China to step up purchases of U.S. supplies as the U.S.-China Phase One deal goes into effect in days, traders said. But wheat and corn futures fell, pressured by a stronger […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn wait for next big thing

Feb. 12, 2020 at 6:53 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have recovered off of nearby lows, but remain rangebound overall waiting for fresh news to push values one way or the other. The U.S. Department of Agriculture holds its Agriculture Outlook Forum on Feb. 20-21. USDA’s first acreage […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise on broad commodity strength

Feb. 12, 2020 at 6:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday, bouncing off a four-month low on bargain buying along with broad-based strength in equity and commodity markets as fears subsided about the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in China. The benchmark April live cattle futures contract on […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies from near two-month low

Feb. 12, 2020 at 5:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday, rebounding from a near two-month low with support from a broad rally in commodities and Wall Street equities tied to optimism that the coronavirus epidemic will be contained, traders said. Corn and soybean futures also advanced. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on adequate world supplies, fund selling

Feb. 11, 2020 at 6:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a seven-week low on Tuesday as signs of adequate global supplies and softening world cash prices triggered a round of what appeared to be fund-driven long liquidation, analysts said. Corn futures also fell while soybeans ended flat to fractionally higher after […]

By Julie Ingwersen