Insights and Stories on Futures

ICE weekly outlook: No floor in sight for overdone canola

Mar. 15, 2023 at 8:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market was in freefall mode through the first half of March, hitting its weakest levels in over a year. While the losses may be looking overdone, the bottom remains to be seen. “This has been a brutal drop in canola,” said Bruce Burnett, director […]

CBOT weekly outlook: ‘Crazy times’ on the markets

Mar. 15, 2023 at 8:27 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat, corn up on Chinese demand, Black Sea outlook

Mar. 15, 2023 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. livestock: CME cattle set multi-week lows as bank selloff hits Wall Street

Mar. 15, 2023 at 7:58 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rally from multi-month lows

Mar. 14, 2023 at 6:41 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs decline amid demand worries

Mar. 14, 2023 at 6:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock markets ended lower again on Tuesday, with cattle and hog futures easing on demand concerns, analysts said. Front-month feeder cattle futures hit their lowest price since March 3, extending a retreat from a 2015 high reached last week. Front-month live cattle, meanwhile, […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit one-month low on profit-taking

Mar. 13, 2023 at 7:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell to their lowest price in more than a month, while feeder cattle sank below a one-week low on Monday on profit-taking following recent rallies, brokers said. Feeder cattle closed lower for the third consecutive session after the front-month contract […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat slightly rebounds; corn, soy dip

Mar. 13, 2023 at 6:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grains see-sawed on Monday, piggybacking on U.S. stocks that were spooked by global economic concerns after the tech-focused lender Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. The most-active corn and soybean contracts closed weaker, while wheat rebounded slightly after finishing last week at a 20-month low. Grains prices […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Confirmation of large canola short position slowly appears

Mar. 10, 2023 at 8:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The size of the fund short position in canola rose in February and likely grew even larger in March, as weekly Commitments of Traders data slowly trickles out from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). CFTC data has stalled since a ‘cyber-related incident’ delayed the release of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn get boost off weaker dollar after multi-month lows

Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures closed higher on Friday, boosted by a weaker U.S. dollar, after hitting a 20-month low, while corn futures rose from a seven-month low. The markets recovered after a week that saw expectations for an extended Black Sea export deal and a lower U.S. […]

By Cassandra Garrison