Insights and Stories on Futures

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans under pressure

Feb. 5, 2020 at 3:03 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Market participants on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are waiting to see how China’s novel coronavirus outbreak will impact commodity demand and the global economy. As of Wednesday, confirmed cases neared 25,000 and the death toll was close to 500. In the midst of dealing with the […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn end higher

Feb. 4, 2020 at 7:07 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs, live cattle end mostly lower

Feb. 4, 2020 at 6:56 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-week low on virus worries

Feb. 3, 2020 at 4:13 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Fund short position grows in canola

Feb. 3, 2020 at 10:52 am CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat fall as coronavirus spreads

Jan. 31, 2020 at 6:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Friday, their ninth straight day of losses, as concerns about the coronavirus cutting into Chinese demand beat back any attempts at a bargain-buying bounce, traders said. The losing streak marks the longest for the most-active soybean futures contract […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs sink for third day as coronavirus spreads

Jan. 31, 2020 at 5:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures sank to contract lows on Friday, their third straight day of declines in the fifth in the last six sessions, on worries about the coronavirus wreaking havoc on demand from China, traders said. On a continuous basis, the front-month hog futures contract hit […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down to contract lows

Jan. 30, 2020 at 6:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures sank by their daily trading limit to contract lows on Thursday under pressure from hefty supplies and fears about the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Cattle futures also hit multi-month lows. U.S. hog supplies are large after farmers expanded their herds to supply new processing […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans set eight-month low

Jan. 30, 2020 at 4:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for an eighth consecutive session on Thursday and hit an eight-month low as the rising toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China added to concerns about Chinese demand for American crops. Wheat also eased and set a three-week low on the Chicago […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle sink to multi-month lows

Jan. 29, 2020 at 7:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog and cattle futures dropped to fresh multi-month lows on Wednesday. Ample supplies and weakening cash markets weighed on the cattle contracts while concerns about demand from China pressured hog futures. The pressure on cattle comes at a time of year when the market tends […]

By Mark Weinraub