Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat down off two-week high on global demand

Oct. 16, 2023 at 7:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended lower on Monday after rising earlier to their highest level in more than two weeks on hopes for global demand. Corn futures also eased as traders monitored the U.S. harvest, while gains in soyoil futures helped lift the soybean […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures decline

Oct. 16, 2023 at 7:11 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle retreat as energy rally dents beef demand outlook

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slip on profit taking, macro pressure

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:09 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans surge after USDA projects smaller soy, corn crops

Oct. 12, 2023 at 5:24 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rise on technical buying

Oct. 12, 2023 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose on Thursday as technical buyers stepped into the market after prices weakened earlier in the session. Traders said the massive supplies reported by the U.S. Agriculture Department have been priced in and speculators were likely to buy any dip in […]

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets react bullishly to USDA report

Oct. 12, 2023 at 4:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Most of the October world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE) released Thursday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) came out lower than trade expectations, causing price jumps on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). “Many people were not expecting a major (average) yield change,” Ryan Ettner, trader for […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle turn higher

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned solidly higher Wednesday while lean hogs mostly continued lower. Most-active December live cattle closed 1.975 cents higher Wednesday at 186.975 cents/lb., erasing two days’ losses, but not before touching a one-month low of 184.25 (all figures US$). Both front-month October 2023 and February […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Chicago soy touches 22-month low ahead of USDA report

Oct. 11, 2023 at 5:59 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Chicago soybean and wheat futures fell on Wednesday, and corn futures firmed as the markets turned their attention to widely-followed U.S. government crop forecasts. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) dropped 19 cents, about 1.5 per cent, to settle at […]

By Zachary Goelman

Managed money fund traders increase bearish canola bets

Oct. 10, 2023 at 7:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The managed money net short position in ICE Futures canola grew to its largest level in three and a half months in early October on a combination of long liquidation and new bearish bets going on the books, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin