Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on falling corn prices

May. 12, 2023 at 6:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group cattle futures contracts rallied on Friday as a government forecast for a record-large U.S. corn harvest raised expectations that feeding costs will weaken as the supply base rises. Hog futures ended firm on signs of improving values in the cash market, traders said. Most […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall on weak export data

May. 11, 2023 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Bargain buying pulls soy up off lows

May. 11, 2023 at 3:49 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders, analysts anticipate WASDE report

May. 11, 2023 at 12:10 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn futures firm; wheat, soybeans lower

May. 10, 2023 at 7:57 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures fall on poor fundamental outlook

May. 10, 2023 at 7:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell on Wednesday, as poor demand for pork smothered any bargain-buying attempts to pull prices away from contract lows hit earlier this week. Cattle contracts also were lower, but the declines were kept in check by expectations that corn prices will […]

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Canola showing independent strength

May. 10, 2023 at 7:29 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures’ canola market saw some independent strength relative to other oilseeds during the week ended Wednesday, as speculative positioning and the need to ration tight old-crop supplies provided support. Canadian canola stocks as of March 31 were pegged at 5.95 million tonnes by Statistics Canada in a […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat fall on bearish weather

May. 9, 2023 at 6:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures dropped on Tuesday, under pressure from a fast pace of planting across key production areas of the U.S. Midwest and an outlook for good growing weather once seeding is finished, traders said. Soft red winter wheat futures also […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rebound on technical bounce

May. 9, 2023 at 6:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures recovered from contract lows on a round of technical buying on Tuesday, traders said. Traders also noted the recent declines may spark interest in the export market. “U.S. pork has become some of the cheapest in the world and it […]

By Mark Weinraub

Canola fund short position grows

May. 8, 2023 at 9:47 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The managed money net short position in canola grew in early May as fund traders were busy liquidating long positions and moving more money to the short side of the market, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin