This sub-section pertains only to exchanges and boards of trade in the United States and Canada relative to the agricultural market, with particular attention given to grains. To find quotes, settlement prices for different commodities, for cash, futures, options and stocks, reviews of the days' trading and on-line trading, view the following links.
A dynamic web site, the Chicago Board of Trade offers market data, commentaries, reports, prices and volumes, 10-minute delayed futures quotes to hourly commentaries to weekly grain reports. You can also read agricultural market and policy analysis from a world or government perspective, full of daily, weekly, and monthly news and in-depth looks at important issues. Available at CBOT
Another very good site is @griculture On-Line's "Markets" page, with excellent links to market prices for agricultural commodities, futures market, cash prices, to market news and reviews, and reports as well. From a Canadian perspective, simple and compact, you do not have to look far, all is available on one short page. Well done and worth bookmarking, @griculture On-Line USA is also on the web with an American perspective. Not only are their market pages worth a visit but the whole site is very interesting and well presented. Their URLs are:
For Canada -
http://www.agcanada.com/markets.htm for market information or
http://www.agcanada.com/ for the
homepage
U.S. -
http://www.agriculture.com/markets/ for market information or
http://www.agriculture.com/ for their
homepage
Other boards of trade and exchanges are a good source of market information. The
Kansas City Board of Trade has daily prices for wheat. You might want to
visit the Minneapolis Grain Exchange for wheat as well. Their URLs
are:
http://www.kcbt.com/
http://www.mgex.com/
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has settlement prices on futures and options for cattle, hogs, pork, milk and other commodities including non-agricultural ones such as foreign currencies, interest rates, stock indices, and so on. They also have many links to related sites and to guides on trading as well. Their URL is: http://www.cme.com/
Other interesting and pertinent sites include the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange in Canada at: http://www.wce.mb.ca/market/_activepages/market.htm
For South Africa, the South African futures market (SAFEX) has a lot of information available and consists of financial and agricultural divisions. Go to http://www.safex.co.za/
The NYCE and CSCE exchanges have merged into one site and is now called the New York Board of Trade. You can check futures and options plus market reports for sugar, coffee, cotton, cocoa, frozen concentrated orange juice, milk and more; search for historical data and be sure to visit the market information section in the left column for the trader's corner and trader reports.
At the Sydney Futures Exchange, Australia, you can find daily and historical futures and options prices for wool and wheat among a few agricultural commodities (make sure your browser accepts cookies).
In the Tokyo Grain Exchange, Japan, you can obtain futures and option prices for coffee, sugar and red beans among other commodities. Look for the start button, bottom left.
You might like to visit two other quite interesting sites such as The Trading Floor or the "World market watch's real-time continuous-stream import-export commodity exchange" as they call themselves. They offer on-line trading, confidential negotiations, customized market and contact research, trade leads and inquiries, industrial and agricultural trade contacts, industrial and agricultural market reports, and so on, an interactive trading facilitator available online for firms involved in international trade. Unfortunately, you must pay to receive any information/reports. But the choices and information are quite impressive and the site is linked regularly. The URL is: http://trading.wmw.com/
Commodity Futures: