Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle near six-week high

Sep. 19, 2019 at 8:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle and live cattle futures hit their highest prices since August on Thursday, supported by strength in the cash market, before ending mixed. Cash cattle had set the firmer tone on Wednesday, trading for $101/cwt in Texas and Kansas, up from a range of […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy steady, watching harvest

Sep. 18, 2019 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Uncertainty, lack of farmer selling lift canola bids

Sep. 18, 2019 at 6:00 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy slips on favourable weather, demand disappointment

Sep. 18, 2019 at 4:55 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures top one-month peaks

Sep. 18, 2019 at 4:50 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn sinks on weather, retreating crude oil

Sep. 17, 2019 at 8:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Tuesday for the first time in four sessions on better-than-expected U.S. crop conditions and as crude oil prices, which fuelled the prior session’s rally, retreated. Soybeans also declined, despite the announcement of more sales to top importer China, as forecasts for […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall from gains as cash prices ease

Sep. 17, 2019 at 8:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures tumbled on Tuesday, with the most-active contract dropping by the daily maximum, due to weak cash prices and technical selling, traders said. Pork cutout values eased for carcasses, loins, bellies and other products, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates. December lean […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn firms as oil rally offsets Midwest weather

Sep. 16, 2019 at 7:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Monday as support from surging crude oil prices more than offset pressure from favourable weather for late-developing crops. Signs of easing U.S.-China trade tensions also buoyed the market after confirmation on Monday of more Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on expectations for Chinese buying

Sep. 16, 2019 at 6:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed to their highest price since July on Monday on expectations for Chinese buying, while technical selling pushed down cattle futures. Meat traders anticipate China will increase pork imports to offset an expected shortage caused by an outbreak of African swine fever, […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains on big Chinese purchase

Sep. 13, 2019 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures hit a six-week high on Friday as China’s first large purchase of U.S. beans in months and easing of some duties on U.S. exports fuelled hopes of a detente in the tariff war between Washington and Beijing. Corn also firmed as signs of […]

By Karl Plume