Insights and Stories on Futures

Fund traders add to net short positions in canola, corn

Sep. 6, 2019 at 6:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Fund traders added to their large net short position in canola during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in canola came in Tuesday at 65,750, an increase […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle limit down on weak cash prices

Sep. 6, 2019 at 6:15 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn hits contract lows on sluggish exports, mild weather

Sep. 6, 2019 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on demand worries

Sep. 5, 2019 at 8:46 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle fall as cash cattle, beef prices sag

Sep. 5, 2019 at 8:39 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Late U.S. crop should slow corn price declines

Sep. 4, 2019 at 9:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell to fresh contract lows during the week ended Wednesday, but could be running out of room to the downside amid concerns over the lateness of this year’s U.S. crop. “The weather is benign and the government is telling us there’s really […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Count on canola remaining rangebound

Sep. 4, 2019 at 8:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite three reports to be released between now and Thursday next week, canola is very likely to remain rangebound along with other oilseeds, said David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg. Statistics Canada on Friday will release its report for grain stocks as of July 31; then the […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn extends slide on crop prospects

Sep. 4, 2019 at 7:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago corn futures fell for a third straight session on Wednesday, setting life-of-contract lows as improving crop ratings and benign weather forecasts raised confidence in U.S. harvest prospects, traders said. Wheat rose, with benchmark Chicago wheat rebounding from a three-month low set a day earlier and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle lower, feeder cattle advance

Sep. 4, 2019 at 7:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. benchmark live cattle futures drifted lower on Wednesday, pressured by expectations of weaker cash cattle prices this week and a seasonal slowdown in demand for beef following the Labour Day holiday, traders said. “We finished the last official holiday of summer, and now people are […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on abundant global supplies

Sep. 3, 2019 at 7:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soft red winter wheat futures fell to three-month lows on Tuesday while U.S. hard wheat futures hit their lowest levels in a decade, pressured by ample world supplies and strong export competition, analysts said. Corn futures fell to life-of-contract lows on […]

By Julie Ingwersen