Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Hogs firm on fresh hopes for China trade pact

Dec. 12, 2019 at 6:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed higher on Thursday on rekindled hopes for a U.S. trade deal with China, the world’s top pork consumer, traders said. Recent strength in cash hog markets added support, although prices in the closely watched Iowa and southern Minnesota market fell on […]

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy rally on China trade hopes

Dec. 12, 2019 at 5:45 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Profit-taking pressures soybeans

Dec. 11, 2019 at 7:23 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

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

MarketsFarm — World agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have turned out largely bullish for wheat values, bearish for corn and neutral for soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The report, released Tuesday, lowered U.S. wheat stocks by 40 million bushels […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

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

Dec. 10, 2019 at 3:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Tuesday, rising for a sixth consecutive session on hopes that the United States and China will continue to progress toward an interim trade deal. Corn futures also edged higher on an improved trade outlook as Canada, Mexico and the United States […]

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