Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: CME hogs decline further as cattle face renewed pressure

Dec. 13, 2023 at 5:31 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures extended a slump, as live cattle futures came under renewed pressure with broad selling hitting agricultural markets on Wednesday.

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on improving weather forecast for Brazil

Dec. 13, 2023 at 4:18 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures end down as traders eye Brazil weather

Dec. 12, 2023 at 4:04 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Canadian cattle in a feedlot with a cowboy in the background.

Klassen: Year-end buying interest boosts feeder market

Dec. 12, 2023 at 11:54 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise with boxed beef prices, bounce from recent decline

Dec. 11, 2023 at 4:49 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans finish higher on Brazil weather concerns, global demand

Dec. 11, 2023 at 4:05 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday as concerns re-emerged that drought conditions in Brazil are having a detrimental effect on crops in the top-producing nation and after the U.S. government announced another export sale.

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: CBOT grain, soybean futures tumble after monthly USDA data

Dec. 8, 2023 at 3:27 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday after the Department of Agriculture's updated estimate of Brazil's soybean harvest fell toward the high end of trade expectations, easing concerns about global supplies of the oilseed.

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

CME cattle futures rout continues; hogs end lower

Dec. 8, 2023 at 8:40 am CST

Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange dropped on Thursday to fresh multi-month lows on technical selling and weak beef prices at a time when feedlot supplies of market-ready cattle are rising, analysts said.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally ahead of Argentina’s inauguration of Milei, U.S. export sales

Dec. 7, 2023 at 3:40 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday on a fresh round of export sales and the prospect of Argentina's new President Javier Milei devaluing the nation's currency after he takes office over the weekend, analysts said.

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

ICE weekly outlook: Canola likely to keep sliding back

Dec. 7, 2023 at 9:15 am CST

There is a rather significant bearish outlook for canola for the rest of December, according to Jerry Klassen of Resilient Commodity Analysis. He said a large part of this was generated by the Statistics Canada production report released on Dec. 4.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm