Insights and Stories on Futures

ICE weekly outlook: Harvest pressure to weigh on canola

Sep. 14, 2023 at 1:46 am CDT

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market posted gains for the first time in more than a week on Wednesday, but damage was done from a chart standpoint with mounting harvest pressure amid relatively favourable Prairie weather conditions likely to weigh on values over the next few weeks. “It’s that […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Prices for U.S. soybeans, corn where they should be

Sep. 14, 2023 at 1:37 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Black Sea tensions

Sep. 13, 2023 at 5:03 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures ease in technical setback after highs

Sep. 13, 2023 at 5:00 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Feeder market continues to consolidate

Sep. 12, 2023 at 9:19 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Futures sharply lower on U.S. harvest outlook

Sep. 12, 2023 at 5:27 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Chicago soybeans plummeted to a three-week low and corn sharply dropped on Tuesday after a government report said crops were not hampered as much as some traders had expected by hot and dry summer weather. The U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its outlook for the […]

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end mixed after hitting new highs

Sep. 12, 2023 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder and live cattle futures hit new contract highs again on Tuesday, as tight U.S. supplies and forecast of a strong cash market added fuel to a bull rally, traders said. But by the end of the session, both live […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Corn choppy, wheat hits new contract low

Sep. 11, 2023 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures were choppy and wheat futures slid to the lowest level since May on Monday as traders scrambled to adjust their positions ahead of a key government crop report. Corn futures firmed late in the session on short-covering, and as market players debated how […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, deferred live cattle hit new highs

Sep. 11, 2023 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures and deferred live cattle futures hit new contract highs on Monday, as tight U.S. supplies going into next year continued to fuel the bull market, traders said. Even Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s October and December live cattle futures surged within $1 of their […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat hits three-month low

Sep. 8, 2023 at 5:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures hit their lowest price in more than three months on Friday, while soybean futures rose from a two-week low as traders waited for updated U.S. crop data. Trading was choppy and subdued before the U.S. issues its monthly world agricultural […]

By Tom Polansek