Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit three-week peak on tightening U.S. supply

Mar. 29, 2023 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures marched to a three-week high on Wednesday on expectations for tighter U.S. supplies, analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also advanced, while lean hogs softened. Technical buying helped support live cattle, analysts said, after a drop near eight-week lows last week […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat gain on planting doubts

Mar. 28, 2023 at 7:55 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures top two-week highs

Mar. 28, 2023 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle exceed two-week highs in rebound

Mar. 27, 2023 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Chicago grains up on U.S. planting uncertainty

Mar. 27, 2023 at 5:25 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

Canola fund short position still rising

Mar. 23, 2023 at 10:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The size of the fund short position in continued to rise in early March, according to the latest Commitments of Traders data out from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of March 7, the net managed money short position in canola came in at 46,222 contracts […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Chicago corn, wheat reverse gains to close lower

Mar. 23, 2023 at 7:49 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures reversed session gains to close lower Thursday, with the most-active contract hitting its highest price since February on a boost from Chinese demand. Wheat futures also closed lower in rangebound trade after earlier gains, pressured by disappointing export data and inter-market spreading […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slide to new contract lows, finish mixed

Mar. 23, 2023 at 7:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures crumbled to new life-of-contract lows on Thursday, before finishing mixed, on concerns about poor demand for U.S. pork, analysts said. The market has tanked since last week, with additional pressure stemming from weak cash prices and larger-than-expected supplies of hogs. […]

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Canola continues its collapse

Mar. 22, 2023 at 6:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After losing $62 per tonne the week before, the May contract on the ICE Futures canola market extended its losses for the week ended Wednesday with little relief on the horizon. Winnipeg-based trader Jerry Klassen of Resilient Commodity Analysis said the massive selloff is the result of farmers […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: More acres expected for U.S. corn, soybeans, wheat

Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:49 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With expectations of far fewer prevent-planting acres for 2023-24, Terry Reilly of Futures International has called for increases in planted area for corn, soybeans and wheat in the U.S. this spring. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is scheduled to release its planting projections on March 31. Reilly […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm