Insights and Stories on Volatility

ICE weekly outlook: Volatility to come for canola market

Jun. 30, 2021 at 5:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Record-breaking temperatures in British Columbia, lingering extreme heat in the Prairie provinces and little to no precipitation have strengthened an ongoing rally in the ICE Futures canola market. One trader, however, warns that canola contracts may be in for a mercurial few weeks. “We’re clearly in a weather […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola fundamentals still strong in volatile market

Apr. 7, 2021 at 7:57 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Volatility day-to-day in bullish canola market

Feb. 10, 2021 at 7:45 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Cattle producers press for lower price insurance premiums

Apr. 13, 2020 at 5:03 pm CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

CME to raise hog futures trading limits as swine fever fuels volatility

Feb. 28, 2020 at 4:32 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Climate change has U.S. fund managers adjusting agriculture investments

May. 2, 2019 at 8:21 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — After historic floods devastated Midwestern agricultural states this spring, some fund managers are evaluating how climate change will affect the long-term value of companies that make or sell products ranging from tractors to fertilizer. The issue is not simply the unpredictability of weather. Instead, fund […]

By David Randall

Beef, eggs, feed fatten Cargill’s profits

Jul. 12, 2018 at 7:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Strong global demand for beef and animal feed fattened grain trader Cargill’s profits in fiscal year 2018, which were also boosted by trade tensions and South American weather woes, the company said on Thursday. For the full year, adjusted operating earnings reached $3.2 billion, up six […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Trade rows spell gain, and pain, for U.S. grain exporters

May. 3, 2018 at 9:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Global grain marketers have seized upon trade tensions between the United States and several of its top export markets, including China, to turn around struggling trading units following one of the toughest years ever for the industry. After five years of bumper harvests worldwide that depressed […]

By Karl Plume P.J. Huffstutter

Market shifts, weather push back Food Freedom Day

Feb. 10, 2018 at 4:19 am CST

Food Freedom Day, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s bellwether of affordability for food in Canada, is a day later in 2018. The CFA on Wednesday announced that by its calculations, a Canadian household of average income has earned enough to pay an entire year’s grocery bill on Friday, Feb. 9. […]

By Staff

CME plans no more changes to cattle contract for now

Oct. 11, 2017 at 9:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group plans no further moves to reduce volatility in its cattle futures market, after making a series of changes to rein in wild price swings that drove away hedgers, a managing director said on Wednesday. Over the past two years, the exchange operator, which owns […]