Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Profit-taking pressures soybeans

Dec. 11, 2019 at 7:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday as investors took profits after six days in a row of price increases, while wheat and corn sank on technical selling. Traders shrugged off news of the largest soybean sale to China in more than eight months, in the absence […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on technical buying

Dec. 11, 2019 at 6:58 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Firmer cash prices support CME hog futures

Dec. 10, 2019 at 5:20 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: WASDE yields mixed results

Dec. 10, 2019 at 4:35 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on trade deal hopes

Dec. 10, 2019 at 3:38 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high

Dec. 9, 2019 at 6:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for a fifth straight session to their highest in two weeks as Chinese importers on Monday bought at least five bulk cargo shipments of the oilseed from the United States, or about 300,000 tonnes, traders said. A rally to four-week highs in […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Plentiful supply pressures CME hogs

Dec. 9, 2019 at 6:16 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures fell on Monday in a turnaround from a two-week high last week, as large inventories pressured prices. Meat packers slaughtered an estimated 496,000 pigs, up from 475,000 a year ago, putting extra pork on the market. U.S. hog supplies are large after farmers […]

By Tom Polansek

Prairie cash wheat: CWRS prices up, durum largely down

Dec. 6, 2019 at 3:59 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly steady to higher for the week ended Thursday. There were gains for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat. However, Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) wheat was steady to lower. The Canadian dollar gained six-10ths of […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise as China offers tariff waivers

Dec. 6, 2019 at 3:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for a fourth consecutive session on Friday as China said it would waive import tariffs for some U.S. farm products, renewing optimism for a possible trade agreement between Washington and Beijing. Tariff waivers will be based on applications by individual companies for […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy futures follow rally in soymeal

Dec. 5, 2019 at 5:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday for the third straight day, led higher by strength in the soymeal market stemming from news that an Argentine soy crusher was experiencing financial stress, traders said. Corn futures ended lower after trading close to unchanged for much of the […]

By Mark Weinraub