Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Cattle rally on tightening supplies, strong cash market

Jan. 6, 2020 at 7:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures jumped by as much as two per cent on Monday and feeder cattle futures rose by up to three per cent, propelled by strong cash market prices and tightening supplies of animals, analysts said. A $2 jump in cash cattle prices at […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce on China trade hopes

Jan. 6, 2020 at 5:20 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Prairie cash wheat: Bids rise over holidays

Jan. 3, 2020 at 9:53 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures tumbled by the daily trading limit to a three-week low on Friday as rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East triggered profit-taking, analysts said. Losses hit markets after a U.S. air strike in Iraq killed Iran’s most prominent military commander, rattling traders of […]

By Tom Polansek

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

Jan. 2, 2020 at 6:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures hit 2018 highs to start the new year as traders continued to expect increased Chinese demand once Washington and Beijing ink an initial trade deal. The gains on Thursday extended annual advances from 2019, a year marked by farmer stress over […]

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