Insights and Stories on Futures

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 […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on weather, Chinese buying concerns

Sep. 25, 2019 at 4:17 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. dollar, weather hurt prices

Sep. 25, 2019 at 1:13 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: MGEX spring wheat rallies to highest since mid-June

Sep. 24, 2019 at 4:48 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit multi-week highs on flat to higher cash trade expectations

Sep. 24, 2019 at 4:25 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Minneapolis, K.C. wheat futures rise

Sep. 23, 2019 at 5:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday, rebounding from a sharp drop on Friday, on fresh export deals with China and rising concerns that rains in the U.S. Midwest could lower crop quality just ahead of harvest, traders said. The adverse weather also supported corn futures while […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise after Friday’s declines

Sep. 23, 2019 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures rallied on Monday, with both cattle and hog contracts firming on spillover support from strength in the cash market. The markets also were rising on renewed hopes for a trade deal with China after the world’s largest oilseed buyer booked deals to buy […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans down on China trade pessimism

Sep. 20, 2019 at 6:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell more than one per cent on Friday to the lowest in a week on rising doubts about a breakthrough in U.S.-China trade talks and forecasts for favourable crop weather across the U.S. Midwest. Corn and wheat also declined, following soybeans, although both […]

By Karl Plume

Fund short position down in canola, beans

Sep. 20, 2019 at 4:20 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Fund traders covered some of their large net short positions in canola and soybeans during the week ended Tuesday, while adding to their bearish bets on corn, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Hopes for trade breakthrough fade as China cancels U.S. farm visits

Sep. 20, 2019 at 4:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S.-China trade deal appeared elusive on Friday after Chinese officials unexpectedly canceled a visit to farms in Montana and Nebraska amid two days of ongoing talks in Washington. Chinese officials were expected to visit U.S. farmers next week as a goodwill gesture, but canceled to […]

By Karl Plume