Insights and Stories on Futures

CBOT weekly outlook: Quick seeding bringing down prices

May. 31, 2023 at 4:49 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Prices for corn, soybeans and wheat on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were pressured by fast planting paces during the week ended May 31, according to one trader. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported on May 30 that 92 per cent of the country’s corn crop […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on uncertain demand, weather

May. 30, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit-up on bargain buying

May. 30, 2023 at 7:45 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Canadian feeder market rationing demand

May. 30, 2023 at 2:20 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-month high on weather worries

May. 26, 2023 at 6:46 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs down 10 per cent on week

May. 26, 2023 at 6:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures dropped to contract lows again on Friday, as poor demand for U.S. pork continued to depress prices. The losses heap more pain on producers who have struggled with weak prices for pigs and high costs for expenses such as feed and […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs sink to contract lows

May. 25, 2023 at 6:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures tumbled to contract lows on Thursday, as excess supplies and sluggish demand for U.S. pork fueled losses for a fifth consecutive session. Weak prices for pigs and high production costs continue to make it unprofitable to raise hogs, leading some analysts […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Weak export demand, rising U.S. dollar pressure soy, corn

May. 25, 2023 at 6:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and grain futures eased on Thursday as a strong U.S. dollar added to concerns about lacklustre export demand, traders said. The dollar rose for a fourth straight session to a two-month high, making U.S. commodities look less attractive to importers. Favourable […]

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Don’t bank on $700 canola, analyst suggests

May. 25, 2023 at 12:58 am CDT

MarketsFarm — New-crop canola prices on ICE Futures seemed to be destined to remain well below $700 per tonne, according to analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. “The market tends to be back where it came from,” Anderson said, stressing that chances of canola pushing higher requires fresh […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Chicago soy, corn find chart support

May. 24, 2023 at 9:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were testing lows in mid-May but appeared to have found some support for the time being. “We’re getting a little technical bounce off these lows,” said John Weyer, director of commercial hedging with Walsh Trading in Chicago. He […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin