Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Cattle sag on weaker cash trade

Feb. 11, 2020 at 5:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, with the benchmark April contract touching its lowest since late September on falling cash cattle prices and worries about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China, traders said. Cash cattle traded lightly in Kansas and Nebraska at $119-$120 […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans up as China pledges to fulfill purchases

Feb. 10, 2020 at 8:43 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, hogs slip on concerns over export demand

Feb. 10, 2020 at 8:36 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

Fund traders add to bearish bets in canola

Feb. 9, 2020 at 9:57 am CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn up on technical buying, export optimism

Feb. 7, 2020 at 8:20 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures advance for second day

Feb. 7, 2020 at 7:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed higher on Friday for a second session on follow-through buying after Thursday’s limit-up close and reminders of stepped-up Chinese demand for U.S. pork, traders said. Benchmark April lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) settled up 1.375 cents, at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat slide on strong dollar, export uncertainty

Feb. 6, 2020 at 6:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and corn futures fell on Thursday as a strengthening dollar dampened U.S. export prospects and traders continued to wait for signs of China buying agricultural goods, analysts said. Soybean futures eked out a modest advance. Chicago Board of Trade March corn settled down 1-1/2 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs slide on export concerns

Feb. 5, 2020 at 8:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog and cattle futures fell on Wednesday on worries that the coronavirus outbreak would stall U.S. exports of pork and beef into China, traders said. Wall Street equity markets soared on reports that scientists were developing a vaccine for the deadly virus. But hog and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Canola correcting off lows

Feb. 5, 2020 at 4:29 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market fell sharply over the last half of January but have turned the corner during the first few trading days of February. “I think we have room for some corrective gains,” MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville said of the recovery in canola. The March […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise for third session

Feb. 5, 2020 at 4:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose modestly on Wednesday as strength from global equity markets and soyoil futures offset worries about export demand for U.S. oilseeds, traders said. Wheat futures firmed on technical buying. But corn drifted lower in rangebound trade as uncertainty about demand hung over the […]

By Julie Ingwersen