Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans higher, corn lower, wheat flat amid positioning

Sep. 26, 2023 at 6:24 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago soybean futures ticked higher on Tuesday while wheat futures settled flat and corn futures fell as traders adjusted positions ahead of U.S. government stocks data due later this week, analysts said. Worries about a possible U.S. government shutdown hung over the markets. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) […]

CME October feeder cattle, Sept. 26, 2023.

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle dip to three-week low

Sep. 26, 2023 at 6:20 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

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

Sep. 25, 2023 at 7:55 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

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

MarketsFarm — The overall fund position in ICE Futures canola flipped from a net long to a net short during the week ended Tuesday, marking the first net short position in the commodity in just over two months, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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

Sep. 22, 2023 at 5:59 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday in a light technical rebound from six-week lows while corn and wheat also ticked higher on bargain-buying, but gains in all three markets were limited by a strong U.S. dollar, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) November soybeans settled up 2-1/2 […]

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