Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally as focus returns to weather, dollar

Jul. 13, 2023 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures bounced on Thursday on bargain buying after hitting a 2-1/2-year low early in the session while soybeans rose three per cent as traders shifted their focus back to uncertain crop weather and worries about supplies, analysts said. A slump in the U.S. dollar […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle down off contract highs on profit-taking

Jul. 12, 2023 at 7:34 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

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

Jul. 12, 2023 at 7:17 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

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

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Tuesday, bouncing after a three-session slide as wholesale pork prices rose and cash hog prices firmed, traders said, while tight cattle supplies sent futures to life-of-contract highs. CME August lean hogs settled up 3.4 cents at 97.575 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

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

Jul. 11, 2023 at 6:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for a second straight session on Tuesday as traders braced for a monthly U.S. government crop report due on Wednesday that is expected to project a smaller crop and tighter supplies, analysts said. Wheat futures rose as a drone strike on Ukraine’s […]

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