Insights and Stories on Futures

ICE weekly outlook: Canola pulling lower

Oct. 25, 2023 at 8:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange kicked off the week of Oct. 23-27 with sharp losses, as the most heavily traded January contract busted through its support level of $700 per tonne. Among the reasons for canola’s steep fall, as David Derwin pointed out, were the better than […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Seasonal harvest pressure weighs on soy, corn

Oct. 25, 2023 at 8:15 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rebound after recent losses

Oct. 25, 2023 at 7:31 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures sag as beneficial rains hit South America

Oct. 25, 2023 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures set June lows at CME

Oct. 24, 2023 at 5:30 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn dips on harvests, technical selling

Oct. 24, 2023 at 4:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell for a third straight session on Tuesday and neared a two-week low under pressure from U.S. harvesting and technical selling, analysts said. Wheat futures also eased, while soybeans and soymeal jumped. A quick harvest pace for U.S. corn and […]

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market vulnerable to weakness

Oct. 24, 2023 at 9:57 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $3-$5 on either side of unchanged. Prices for 800-plus-lb. yearlings were firm in Manitoba but softened in western regions. Calf prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels. There were larger volumes of calves on offer with many auction barns holding feature […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sink to June lows

Oct. 23, 2023 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures plunged to four-month lows on Monday under pressure from bigger-than-expected placements into U.S. feedlots last month. Lean hog futures set contract lows. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued after trading ended on Friday, said placements of cattle […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures weaken as harvests progress

Oct. 23, 2023 at 6:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures finished lower on Monday as advancing U.S. harvests uncovered strong yields and increased farmers’ sales of their crops, analysts said. Pressure from harvests also hung over corn futures. U.S. farmers have finished harvesting 76 per cent of the country’s soybeans […]

By Tom Polansek

Managed money adding to net short positions in canola

Oct. 23, 2023 at 5:14 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Managed money fund traders remain bearish canola, growing the net short position in the ICE Futures market to the second largest level of the past year, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of Oct. 17, the net […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin