Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures end up

Sep. 25, 2023 at 7:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended higher on Monday as the market recovered from its lowest level since early August, while corn and wheat futures also rose. After trading ended, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that soy and corn harvests advanced more slowly last week than analysts […]

CME December live cattle, Sept. 25, 2023.

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip, but stay near recent highs

Sep. 25, 2023 at 7:52 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CME December live cattle, Sept. 22, 2023.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on bargain-buying, tight supplies

Sep. 22, 2023 at 7:40 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Funds flip back to net short in canola

Sep. 22, 2023 at 7:01 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans end up in bounce from one-month low

Sep. 22, 2023 at 5:59 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. livestock: December hogs limit-down on pork prices, macroeconomic fears

Sep. 21, 2023 at 7:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange tumbled on Thursday as a drop in wholesale pork prices coupled with worries about the global economy sparked a round of profit-taking, analysts said. Livestock futures, grains and Wall Street equity markets all declined on Thursday as the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to one-month low on export woes

Sep. 21, 2023 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. benchmark soybean futures fell below US$13 a bushel on Thursday for the first time in a month while corn and wheat futures held near multi-year lows on downbeat weekly export sales, an expanding U.S. harvest and economic worries, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade November […]

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE November 2023 canola, Sept. 20, 2023.

ICE weekly outlook: Which way will canola go?

Sep. 20, 2023 at 8:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As September winds down, ICE Futures canola is poised to either climb higher or fall back, according to analyst Errol Anderson, president of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. That movement will largely be determined by the direction taken by November soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade, which currently […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Funds getting out of soybeans

Sep. 20, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While corn and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) stayed fairly steady during the week ended Wednesday, soybean prices steadily declined. The November soybean contract dropped 30 cents per bushel from one week ago to close Wednesday at $13.1975/bu. (all figures US$). During the same […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CME December 2023 live cattle, Sept. 20, 2023.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle end firm, consolidate below recent highs

Sep. 20, 2023 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday as the market consolidated just below life-of-contract highs touched a day earlier. Tightening U.S. cattle supplies remain a supportive backdrop to the market, but fresh bullish news was lacking, traders said. Wholesale beef prices fell, extending […]

By Julie Ingwersen