Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Chicago soy stronger on predictions for Argentina crop

Apr. 11, 2023 at 5:44 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures settled higher on Tuesday after the U.S. government slashed its estimate for production in Argentina to a 23-year low in a monthly report. Soybean production in Argentina will be smaller than previously thought at 27 million tonnes as a crop-wasting drought decimated […]

Canola fund short position shrinking

Apr. 10, 2023 at 5:30 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat closes higher on dry weather, Russian threats

Apr. 10, 2023 at 5:14 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. livestock: Sizzling cash cattle prices ignite rally in CME futures

Apr. 6, 2023 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Crop futures slide on disappointing export sales, improved weather

Apr. 6, 2023 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. planted acres in flux

Apr. 5, 2023 at 7:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the April supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities said he expects ending stocks to increase — while planted acres are likely to change. “After looking at the [quarterly grain] stocks numbers, you would think they would […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chicago futures lower on U.S. weather outlooks

Apr. 5, 2023 at 7:09 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures closed lower on Wednesday after a day of ups and downs on improved weather outlooks for planting season in the U.S. and market readjustments from technically oversold positions, traders said. The prospect of a drier, warmer spell boosting spring field work in […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on higher cash price expectations

Apr. 5, 2023 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Wednesday on expectations for higher U.S. cash prices this week, as lean hog futures set contract lows, analysts said. Cash cattle were bid at about $168/cwt in the southern Plains, roughly $1 higher than the bulk of trading […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Chicago grains down on better weather, profit-taking

Apr. 4, 2023 at 7:17 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago grains futures closed lower on Tuesday as traders took profits, analysts said, while improving weather forecasts eased concerns about planting in the United States. Blizzard warnings were posted on Tuesday across most of the northern Plains spring wheat belt, but forecasts called for a […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. livestock: CME cattle slide on profit-taking

Apr. 4, 2023 at 7:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Profit-taking pushed down Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures on Tuesday, while front-month lean hog futures tumbled to another contract low. Losses on Wall Street helped set a negative tone for the markets, as live cattle futures pulled back from contract highs reached on Monday, traders said. […]

By Tom Polansek