Market Information Links
Futures Markets
- Minneapolis Grain Exchange (Hard Red Spring Wheat)
- CME Group (Soft Red Winter Wheat, Corn, Soybeans, Ethanol)
- Kansas City Board of Trade (Hard Red Winter Wheat)
- ICE Futures Canada - Winnipeg (Canola, Feed Wheat, Western Barley)
- Choose "Settlement/EOD" from Category box
- Choose "ICE Futures Canada" from Market box
- Choose "Canola", "Feed Wheat" or "Western Barley" from Commodity box
- Choose "Futures" or "Options" from Type box
- Click Submit
- New York Mercantile (Crude Oil, Gasoline, Natural Gas)
- ICE Futures US - U.S. Dollar Index
- Choose "Settlement/EOD" from Category box
- Choose "ICE Futures U.S." from Market box
- Choose appropriate date from Date box
- Choose "U.S. Dollar Index" from Product box, near bottom of list
- Choose "Electronic" from Venue box
- Click Submit
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Commitment of Traders Report - Provides a weekly summary of the long, short and open interest positions for commercial, non-commercial and index fund traders for each of the regulated commodity futures exchanges.
Key USDA Reports
- Crop Production Report - Provides information concerning planted acreage, yield estimates and harvested acreage for the primary crops grown in the U.S.
- Crop Progress Report - Provides information concerning planting progress, crop development and harvest progress.
- Grain Transportation Report - A weekly report which covers truck, rail, barge and ocean transportation issues.
- Outlook Reports - Summarizes current U.S. and world supply/demand conditions and provides information concerning short term outlook for wheat, feed grains and oil crops.
- Feed Outlook (Barley, Corn, Oats, Sorghum)
- Oil Crops Outlook (Canola, Cottonseed, Flax, Peanuts, Soybeans, Sunflower)
- Wheat Outlook
- Prospective Plantings Report - Reports expected planted acres for the major U.S. crops and is released in late March.
- U.S. Export Sales Reports - Provides weekly, monthly and annual summaries of export sales for major agricultural commodities.
- WASDE - World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - Reports estimates of U.S. and world production and use for major agricultural commodities. This report also provides U.S. national average price forecasts for the selected commodities.
- Winter Wheat Seedings - Provides seeded acreage of annual winter wheat, rye and desert Durum. Released in mid-January.
Statistics Canada
- Crops Market Information - Provides information regarding Canadian crop production and market outlook.
Other Crop Market Information Sources
- Iowa State University
- Kansas State University
- Michigan State University
- Ohio State University
- Oklahoma State University
- South Dakota State University
- University of Illinois
- Dr. Darrell Good - weekly outlook
- Farmdoc
- University of Minnesota
- University of Nebraska
