Insights and Stories on Futures

Prairie cash wheat: Bids rise over holidays

Jan. 3, 2020 at 9:53 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada posted solid gains during the two-week holiday period ended Thursday, as gains in U.S. futures more than made up for the bearish influence of the rising Canadian dollar. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices […]

Feed weekly outlook: Steady now but supplies will weigh

Jan. 3, 2020 at 8:37 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Futures weaken as Iraq strike rattles markets

Jan. 3, 2020 at 8:05 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down on profit-taking, Middle East tensions

Jan. 3, 2020 at 7:53 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy hit 2018 highs

Jan. 2, 2020 at 6:55 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures touch seven-week high

Jan. 2, 2020 at 6:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures kicked off 2020 by approaching seven-week highs in gains driven by increasing expectations for bigger sales of American pork to China. China, the world’s largest pork consumer, needs larger imports to offset a domestic meat shortage caused by an outbreak of the fatal […]

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Canola could break out of range

Jan. 2, 2020 at 4:15 pm CST

MarketsFarm — With canola now near the top end of its range, prices could break out of being rangebound in the next several days, according to an analyst. Canola has made gains over the last month or so, largely due to spillover from increasing prices for soyoil on the Chicago […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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CBOT weekly outlook: Trade optimistic ahead of Phase One signing

Jan. 2, 2020 at 1:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Agriculture commodities on the Chicago Board of Trade started the decade on a high note, thanks to general optimism regarding an impending trade deal between the U.S. and China. Phase One of the trade deal between the two countries is set to be signed at the White House […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Futures notch yearly rises on China demand hopes

Dec. 31, 2019 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures posted annual gains in 2019 after an initial U.S.-China trade deal that could boost agricultural exports helped prices rally toward the end of the year. The crop futures finished little changed on Tuesday as markets wound down during the last […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise in 2019 as swine fever hits China

Dec. 31, 2019 at 5:16 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose in 2019 on hopes China will further increase pork imports as an outbreak of a fatal pig disease ravaged the Chinese herd. Prices eased on Tuesday as traders adjusted positions and booked some profits before the end of the year. The African […]

By Tom Polansek