Insights and Stories on Futures

Canola fund short position narrows slightly in early May

May. 15, 2023 at 4:22 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– Fund traders were buying back short positions and putting on some new longs in the canola futures market during the first full week of May, causing the net short position to narrow in slightly, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading […]

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat gains on small harvest outlook

May. 12, 2023 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

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

May. 12, 2023 at 6:35 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

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

MarketsFarm — While traders and analysts continue to keep an eye on weather conditions, their collective focus will momentarily shift on Friday when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) releases its monthly world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE). This month’s report will be highly significant as it will announce the first […]

By Adam Peleshaty

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

May. 10, 2023 at 7:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Wednesday, their fifth day of gains in the last six sessions, on signs of strength in the cash market, traders said. Soybean futures ended lower as the market faced pressure from weakness in the crude oil market, as well as a […]

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