Insights and Stories on Futures

ICE weekly outlook: Expect canola to climb higher

May. 3, 2023 at 4:47 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As better-than-expected weather across the Canadian Prairies is very likely to spur on farmers to begin their spring seeding, the market is poised to push higher over the next couple of months, according to an analyst. “We have come down to the low end of the range,” said […]

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. wheat futures correct higher

May. 3, 2023 at 4:08 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as tensions rise between Russia, Ukraine

May. 3, 2023 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit five-week low

May. 2, 2023 at 7:06 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat hits 25-month session low on good crop conditions

May. 2, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

Fund short position in canola grows for first time in a month

May. 1, 2023 at 8:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After covering bearish bets for four straight weeks, managed money fund traders were back on the sell side of the canola market in late April, covering longs and putting on new short positions. According to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs turn lower

May. 1, 2023 at 7:43 pm CDT

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s most-active live cattle and lean hog futures turned lower Monday on a down day overall in livestock trade. CME June live cattle ended lower Monday after three consecutive days’ climb, at one point dipping below their 10-day moving average before closing at 164.875 cents/lb., down 0.6 […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Wheat futures sink on rains, global supplies

May. 1, 2023 at 3:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures tumbled to fresh lows on Monday on ample world supplies, sluggish U.S. export demand and beneficial rains in key production areas of the Plains and Midwest. Corn futures slumped on forecasts for favourable Midwest planting weather and lagging U.S. export sales, while soybeans […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Chicago grains up off new lows, end week higher

Apr. 28, 2023 at 7:10 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago grain and soybean futures ended higher on Friday after posting fresh lows earlier as traders anticipated hefty global supplies and kept an eye on weather in the U.S. Bouts of short covering ahead of the weekend lifted contracts after corn, soy and wheat futures all struck multi-month […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on cash market strength

Apr. 28, 2023 at 6:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose on Friday, supported by strength in the cash market and good overseas demand for pork, traders said. Cattle futures were mixed, with feeder cattle contracts easing on a round of profit-taking after setting new contract highs while live cattle contracts […]

By Reuters