Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Live cattle mostly lower

Oct. 10, 2023 at 6:26 pm CDT

Most-active December live cattle on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) turned lower for a second day in a row Tuesday, as did lean hog and deferred-month feeder cattle futures. December live cattle closed Tuesday at 185 cents/lb., down 0.35 cent on the day, while lightly-traded front-month October ended up 0.2 […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans lifted by bright report on export demand

Oct. 10, 2023 at 5:54 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

Klassen: Steam evaporates off yearling market

Oct. 10, 2023 at 1:18 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs down as Middle East war sparks risk-off selling

Oct. 9, 2023 at 7:57 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn falls, soy eases as focus moves to U.S. harvest

Oct. 9, 2023 at 7:53 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures fall as harvest accelerates

Oct. 6, 2023 at 7:19 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Chicago soybean and corn futures fell on Friday due to profit-taking after the previous day’s rally and forecasts of favourable harvest weather this weekend. Wheat futures also dropped as concerns ebbed about shipping grain through the Black Sea. The most-active Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) […]

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise for third day in a row

Oct. 6, 2023 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Friday, extending a rally that was sparked by a strong export sales report a day earlier, traders said. A round of short covering was noted as prices moved off of the four-month lows hit on Wednesday. Cattle futures […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat rises on Black Sea tensions

Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:03 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rallied on Thursday, boosted more than three per cent on reports of new tensions in the Black Sea region. Corn futures hit a one-month peak, breaking out of a recent range holding above a key technical level, and soybeans rose modestly despite lacklustre export demand. […]

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally, export sales in focus

Oct. 5, 2023 at 6:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied on Thursday, with signs of strong export demand supporting prices following the market’s decline to its lowest in more than four months on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Thursday morning that export sales of pork […]

By Reuters

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looking for a spark

Oct. 4, 2023 at 7:41 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market hit its lowest levels in three months on the last trading day of September but has since uncovered some support in the first days of October. Canola “has found a level where it’s stabilized, but there’s not a lot of life right now,” […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin