Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Soy tops two-month high on China buying, inventory shock

Oct. 1, 2019 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures prices rose to the highest level in more than two months on Tuesday, adding to gains from the previous session when Chinese purchases and a lower-than-expected estimate of U.S. stockpiles buoyed prices. Corn also advanced after rallying four per cent on Monday as […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs retreat from Monday’s two-month high

Oct. 1, 2019 at 6:20 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on technical buying, demand hopes

Sep. 30, 2019 at 6:27 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rally on smaller-than-expected stockpiles

Sep. 30, 2019 at 4:54 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Cash wheat: CWRS follows Minneapolis futures higher

Sep. 27, 2019 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Cattle trade bullish on potential exports to Japan

Sep. 27, 2019 at 6:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live and feeder cattle futures on Friday surged to their highest prices seen in nearly a month, as the cash market began to firm and traders grew more bullish about export demands after the U.S. and Japan signed a limited trade deal this week. The […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures ease

Sep. 27, 2019 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures closed lower on Friday, as weather forecasts showed fewer yield risks to Midwest crops ahead of harvesting, as traders jockeyed for positioning ahead of a U.S. grain stocks report slated for Monday, traders said. Meanwhile, CBOT wheat […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soy futures end near unchanged

Sep. 26, 2019 at 5:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures finished near unchanged on Thursday after initially rising on hopes for further Chinese purchases, traders said. China, the world’s largest soybean importer, will buy about six million tonnes of soy from the United States before trade talks in early October, said a chief […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall on big U.S. supply

Sep. 26, 2019 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures retreated on Thursday under pressure from large supplies and as some traders were disappointed with the size of pork export sales confirmed to China, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the world’s biggest pork consumer and hog producer bought 3,375 […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs top one-week high on talk of Chinese buying

Sep. 25, 2019 at 8:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures climbed to their highest prices in more than a week on Wednesday on talk about Chinese buying, traders said. U.S. President Donald Trump said the Chinese were making big agricultural purchases from the United States, including of beef and pork, and that a […]

By Tom Polansek