Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. livestock: CME hogs fall to contract lows on demand worries

Mar. 22, 2023 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled to contract lows again on Wednesday on concerns about lower demand, analysts said. Worries about the risk for a recession to reduce consumers’ meat purchases hung over livestock markets, particularly for expensive cuts, said Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist […]

U.S. grains: Chicago corn turns higher

Mar. 22, 2023 at 3:43 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Chicago soy closes lower

Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:22 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs hit contract lows on follow-through selling

Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: June live cattle, hogs continue lower

Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:04 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Soy closes higher on rising crude oil, stocks values

Mar. 20, 2023 at 7:34 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soy futures rallied from a three-month low to close higher on Monday, catching a tailwind from U.S. stocks reassured by the announcement that UBS agreed to buy battered rival Credit Suisse, analysts said. Gains in oil prices also pushed up soybeans, […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Chicago grains end week higher on export demand, Black Sea jitters

Mar. 17, 2023 at 8:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and corn futures posted weekly gains for the first time in five weeks, ending stronger on Friday on high demand for U.S. corn exports and market jitters over the extension of a wartime Black Sea grain deal. Chicago Board of Trade May soft red […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. livestock: Nearby CME lean hogs recover slightly from slide

Mar. 17, 2023 at 7:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended slightly higher in the nearby contract on Friday in a rebound from steep declines this week, though deferred contracts extended losses, traders said. Lower cutout values continue to hang over the futures market, along with broader pressure from market […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down on disease chatter

Mar. 16, 2023 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures sank by the maximum daily trading limit on Thursday on rumours about a potential outbreak of a fatal pig disease which the U.S. government later said were untrue. Unsubstantiated chatter about a U.S. case of African swine fever swirled in […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Chicago corn closes higher on consecutive China flash sales

Mar. 16, 2023 at 5:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures ended higher for a third straight session on Thursday on U.S. export demand, while wheat lost ground as the United Nations pushed for an extension of the Black Sea grains deal, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture made its third consecutive announcement […]

By Cassandra Garrison