Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Chicago grain, soy futures drop after USDA forecasts

Nov. 9, 2023 at 7:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The Chicago Board of Trade’s most-active corn futures plunged sharply on Thursday after the government reported that U.S. farmers will produce the biggest-ever corn crop this year. The report’s forecast topped trade estimates. The most-active CBOT corn contract at one point dipped to $4.66-1/2, the lowest […]

ICE weekly outlook: Soy complex supporting canola

Nov. 8, 2023 at 6:49 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Small changes expected in November WASDE

Nov. 8, 2023 at 6:36 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans spike on China demand, Brazil weather

Nov. 8, 2023 at 5:56 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally late in session on technical buying

Nov. 8, 2023 at 4:59 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat down on supply outlook boost

Nov. 7, 2023 at 5:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures declined on Tuesday as the markets reacted to better-than-expected crop conditions, while soybean futures climbed to a two-month high on adverse weather conditions in Brazil before retreating. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rated 50 per cent of the country’s winter wheat crop […]

By Brendan O'Brien

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink to May lows

Nov. 7, 2023 at 5:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures sank to their lowest prices since May on Tuesday on fund liquidation and profit-taking, traders said. Follow-through selling pressured the markets after losses on Monday, along with softer boxed beef prices, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture priced choice cuts of beef […]

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Buyers contemplate feeder market prices

Nov. 7, 2023 at 1:53 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $3-$5/cwt lower on average although limited numbers made the market hard to define. Calf markets traded $4-$8/cwt on either side of unchanged. It appeared that 700-plus-lb. calves were up $4 to as much as $8. The variation in the price structure […]

By Jerry Klassen

Net speculative short position in canola tops 100,000 contracts

Nov. 6, 2023 at 6:03 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Speculative fund traders continued to add to their large short positions in canola futures during the last week of October, taking the net managed money short position over 100,000 contracts for the first time on record, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans find two-month high

Nov. 6, 2023 at 5:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures on Monday hit their highest level in some eight weeks on weather concerns in top exporter Brazil and arid conditions in Argentina. Corn futures finished unchanged, while wheat rose slightly as weakness in the U.S. dollar added support to the markets. Traders monitored […]

By Brendan O'Brien