Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans advance on hot, dry forecast

Aug. 17, 2023 at 4:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures approached a two-week high on Thursday on concerns that hot, dry weather in forecasts could reduce the upcoming U.S. harvest. The U.S. has little room for crop losses due to unfavourable weather because the government already projects tight soybean supplies, […]

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

Aug. 16, 2023 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

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

Chicago | Reuters — Chart-based selling drove Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures lower on Tuesday, brokers said, as the market extended a recent setback. Most-active October lean hog futures fell 0.95 cent, or 1.2 per cent, to settle at 78.2 cents/lb. and touched their lowest price since July 3 […]

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