Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Corn hits 2-1/2-year low, soybeans tumble over USDA data

Jul. 12, 2023 at 7:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest price since early 2021 on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected a larger-than-expected domestic crop and rising supplies, analysts said. Soybean futures tumbled after USDA’s forecast of 2023-24 soy ending stocks fell above a range of trade […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola climbs on weather worries

Jul. 12, 2023 at 3:51 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets react bearishly to WASDE report

Jul. 12, 2023 at 2:53 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally as pork prices rise

Jul. 11, 2023 at 7:25 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on supply worries ahead of USDA reports

Jul. 11, 2023 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy futures climb ahead of key USDA reports

Jul. 10, 2023 at 7:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose about two per cent on Monday, bouncing off of a one-week low set Friday as traders positioned ahead of monthly crop reports due at midweek from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that are expected to project tighter U.S. supplies of the oilseed, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle end higher on firm cash values

Jul. 10, 2023 at 7:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended modestly higher on Monday on follow-though buying from Friday and carry-over strength from last week’s strong cash cattle market. Cash cattle traded late last week as high as $184-$185 per hundredweight (cwt) in northern feedlot areas, traders said, up […]

By Karl Plume

Fund short position hits six-month low in canola

Jul. 10, 2023 at 3:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The speculative short position in ICE Futures canola fell to its smallest level in six months at the beginning of July, as fund traders covered short positions and put on some new longs. That’s according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb on firmer cash market

Jul. 7, 2023 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied on Friday on tight fed cattle supplies and higher cash market sales in the central U.S. Plains and western Midwest, traders said. Beef packers were in need of cattle to fill near-term operations, including a large Saturday slaughter and […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn drop on improved crop weather

Jul. 7, 2023 at 3:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday as recent welcome rains across the Midwest farm belt, and forecasts for more next week, aided crops that had been suffering under an early season drought. Soybeans, which notched a four-month high on Monday, ended down 1.9 per […]

By Karl Plume