Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle set two-week low

Aug. 16, 2023 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures stumbled to their lowest level in more than two weeks on Wednesday, while lean hogs hit their lowest price since June. Drought prompted U.S. cattle producers to reduce their herds since last year by driving up feed costs and reducing […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola enters volatile harvest period

Aug. 16, 2023 at 4:05 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Wheat, corn likely to trend downward

Aug. 16, 2023 at 3:33 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn up off low on weather, Black Sea tensions

Aug. 16, 2023 at 2:53 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Technical selling extends setback in CME lean hogs

Aug. 15, 2023 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn futures touch 2020 low on improved crop ratings

Aug. 15, 2023 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures tumbled on Tuesday to their lowest level since 2020 after a weekly report from the U.S. government showed better-than-expected crop conditions. Soybean futures also slid on improved U.S. crop ratings, while wheat reached its lowest level in more than two […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs down on technical selling

Aug. 14, 2023 at 6:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped to their lowest level in six weeks on Monday on technical selling and ample U.S. supplies, brokers said. The market has pulled back after rising on Aug. 1 to its highest price since March. “Hogs are doing what they […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat down as traders shrug off Russian warning shots

Aug. 14, 2023 at 3:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures set a two-month low on Monday on increasing estimates for Russia’s production and exports, analysts said, shrugging off a Russian warship firing warning shots at a cargo ship on its way to Ukraine. Corn futures finished near unchanged after matching […]

By Tom Polansek

Fund long position holds steady in canola

Aug. 14, 2023 at 2:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The managed money long position in canola held relatively steady during the week ended Aug. 8, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of Aug. 8, the net managed money long position in canola futures came in at […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybean, grains futures drop as traders shed risk

Aug. 11, 2023 at 7:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean and grain futures turned lower on Friday as improving growing weather led investors to anticipate that U.S. Midwest crop conditions will improve, traders said. Corn and soybean futures had a particularly choppy trading session as a flurry of bearish signs prompted investors to shed […]

By P.J. Huffstutter