Insights and Stories on Futures

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 […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise for third session

Feb. 5, 2020 at 4:00 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans under pressure

Feb. 5, 2020 at 3:03 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

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

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to a two-week low on Monday as traders worried that the fallout from the coronavirus epidemic could include an economic hit to China, traders said. But soybean and wheat futures ended modestly higher, rebounding from multimonth lows on light bargain buying, strength […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Fund short position grows in canola

Feb. 3, 2020 at 10:52 am CST

MarketsFarm — Large fund traders were betting that canola and soybean futures would move lower in late January, with the net managed money short position in both oilseeds rising in the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short […]

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