Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat futures hit contract lows

Nov. 27, 2023 at 6:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grain and soybean futures tumbled on Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, pressured by slow demand and technical selling and as traders liquidated positions ahead of Thursday’s first notice day for deliveries. Chicago Board of Trade March and May corn futures and all wheat contracts […]

U.S. livestock: Fund selling sends CME cattle to multi-month lows

Nov. 27, 2023 at 6:35 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME cattle collapse to March lows

Nov. 24, 2023 at 7:50 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rain benefits top supplier Brazil

Nov. 24, 2023 at 7:41 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: The three main factors affecting soybeans

Nov. 23, 2023 at 2:06 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE weekly outlook: Purely technical canola market trending up

Nov. 22, 2023 at 8:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market moved within a wide range during the week ended Wednesday, hitting some of its best levels in a month before running into resistance at the highs. With traders in the United States moving to the sidelines for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, activity should […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on downpours in drought-stricken Brazil

Nov. 22, 2023 at 7:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures lost more than one per cent on Wednesday as rain fell in Brazil, easing worries over the persistent dryness and heat that has plagued crops in the top exporting nation, analysts said. Wheat rose on shipping concerns in the Black Sea after Russia’s […]

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed after approaching four-week low

Nov. 22, 2023 at 7:20 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures hit their lowest level in about four weeks on Wednesday before ending mixed as traders adjusted positions before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. The market has dropped about eight per cent since rising on Nov. 7 to the highest price in more than a […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans rise on Brazil’s weather woes

Nov. 21, 2023 at 7:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended higher on Tuesday as Brazil’s torrid, crop-threatening weather conditions remained a prime worry for the market, despite rains over the last couple of days. Wheat futures also rose more than two per cent after a Ukrainian official said that Russian forces struck […]

By Brendan O'Brien

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs near four-week low amid large supply

Nov. 21, 2023 at 7:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell to their lowest price in nearly four weeks on Tuesday as large supplies hung over the market. Technical selling added pressure on prices as December hogs dropped below 70 cents/lb. for the first time since Nov. 1, analysts said […]

By Tom Polansek