Insights and Stories on Interest Rates

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Feds reduce interest-free portion of cash advance

Feb. 20, 2024 at 1:37 pm CST

Farmers applying for spring cash advances should be aware the interest-free portion has dropped back to 2021 levels.

Dairy sector set to stabilize in 2024: FCC

Feb. 13, 2024 at 4:19 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

FCC predicts drop in farm cash receipts for 2024

Jan. 24, 2024 at 10:45 am CST

By Jeff Melchior

FCC’s top economic charts to monitor in 2024

Jan. 12, 2024 at 11:26 am CST

By Farm Credit Canada Economics

Canada’s jobs growth stalls in December as wages accelerate

Jan. 5, 2024 at 10:47 am CST

By Ismail Shakil Reuters Steve Scherer

Commodity prices to remain high in 2024, drop in 2025 – HSBC

Jan. 2, 2024 at 10:01 am CST

Squeezed supply, improved Chinese demand and the global energy transition will keep commodity prices elevated in 2024, before falling the following year, forecasted British banking group HSBC today.

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans set 6-1/2-week high

Nov. 3, 2023 at 6:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a 6-1/2-week high on Friday, lifted by uneven crop weather in top soy producer Brazil and fresh export demand for U.S. supplies, coupled with a plunge in the dollar that bolstered corn and wheat futures as well. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Demand, not interest rates, affecting markets

Nov. 1, 2023 at 3:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While key interest rates in the United States will stay put for the time being, corn and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) declined steadily during the week ended Wednesday. The U.S. Federal Reserve announced earlier Wednesday that the central bank’s policy rate will remain […]

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE weekly outlook: Canola pulling lower

Oct. 25, 2023 at 8:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange kicked off the week of Oct. 23-27 with sharp losses, as the most heavily traded January contract busted through its support level of $700 per tonne. Among the reasons for canola’s steep fall, as David Derwin pointed out, were the better than […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit contract lows

Oct. 20, 2023 at 7:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell to life-of-contract lows on Friday and cattle futures also retreated, pressured by technical selling and worries that a slowing global economy could hurt demand for meat, traders said. Hog futures fell the most, with the benchmark December […]