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Focuses on Boone Pickens, who runs private commodity and stock funds that trade in crude oil and natural gas and the stocks of companies that produce them. Value of a commodity fund run by his firm, BP Capital, which has seen a value increase fueled by price increases in crude and natural gas; Statistics related to the commodity and stock funds' annual growth; Comments from Pickens regarding his investment strategy.

The article reports on how an ongoing three-year drought in cattle producing states like Kansas and Texas are impacting cattle farmers and the U.S. agricultural industries in 2013, discussing the prohibitive price of corn feed and how ranchers are handling the cattle crisis.

The article presents world news briefs as of January 29, 2013 on topics including the genocide trial of former Guatemalan President José Efraín Ríos, Japanese imports of U.S. beef, and the Yemeni government's seizure of a ship smuggling weapons.

The article reports that cattle-futures prices fell on January 18, 2012 after meat processor Cargill Inc. announced it would close a beef-processing plant in Plainview, Texas.

The article discusses a rise to record highs in prices for live-cattle futures in early January, 2013, prompted by a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that a a months-long decline in the numbers of beef cattle entering feed lots continued in November, 2012.

The article reports that lumber futures reached an eight year high as prices for lumber scheduled for January 2013 lumber on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange surpassed their highest trading level set in April 2005, with the improving U.S. housing market and increased exports to China cited as contributing factors.

The article reports on movements in the price of hogs and hog futures as of October 29, 2012.

The article presents a brief summary of commodity markets for October 17, 2012, with an emphasis on factors including an improving U.S. housing sector that led to a 1.2% increase in the price of copper futures.

The article reports that Beef Products Inc. will suspend production of a ground-beef additive widely known as "pink slime" at three plants in the U.S., following concerns circulated on the Internet about the presence of ammonium hydroxide in the additive.

The article discusses the price of lumber in the U.S., noting that mild weather and increased home construction in the U.S. have exerted upward pressure on prices, while a strong U.S. dollar and subdued construction activity in China could act to suppress prices.

The article reports on a record increase in turkey prices in the U.S. in 2011 as farmers remain reluctant to expand their flocks.

The article reports on a warning by the officials of the U.S. federal government concerning the possibility that some of the ground turkey contaminated with an especially dangerous type of salmonella produced by Cargill Inc. may still be in the possession of consumers.

The article reports on the heat wave that affected half of the U.S. caused by a combination of strong high pressure system in the upper levels of the atmosphere and a flow of very heavy moist air from the Gulf of Mexico on July 22, 2011.

The article reports on the 3.1% increased prices of futures for lean hog carcasses traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which is attributed to a statement that China raised concerns over rising domestic pork prices.

The article reports on the increase in the value of U.S. cattle futures in March 2011.

The article discusses how the earthquake in Japan negatively impacted commodity futures, including oil, corn and lean hog.

The article presents updates on commodity futures as of March 10, 2011 including an increase in the prices of U.S. cattle futures driven by strong export demand and the impact of the rising violence in Libya on U.S. and European crude futures.

The article reports that the pork industry is set to launch a new marketing campaign to increase its market share in the domestic meats sector in the U.S.

The article reports that ConAgra Foods Inc. has lowered its per-share earnings for the year 2010 in response to rising commodity costs and deep discounting at grocery stores in the U.S.

The article reports on the record high increase of the price for fresh pork bellies to 1.35 dollars a pound amid peak demand in the U.S.

The article reports that cash hog prices in the U.S. have fallen $3 to $5 per hundredweight in the last week of April 2009 amid the swine flu outbreak. Since April 24, May lean-hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have fallen about 8.55 cents due to fears that consumers will shun pork and on April 29, May lean hogs settled at 60.45 cents a pound, down 2.85 cents, or 4.5%.

The article reports on the increasing number of cows in Argentina that are grown in feedlots rather than in the lush pastures. While feedlots are common in the U.S., Canada and Europe, Argentina has built up a strong brand at the land of purely grass-feed steak, with tourists lauding the lean, flavorful steaks served up in steakhouses in Buenos Aires.

This section offers news briefs on commodities futures. The lean-hog futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange surged by 2.17 cents to 70.65 cents a pound. Futures of crude oil at the New York Mercantile Exchange climbed by $1.26 or 1.8% to $71.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, the natural gas futures at Nymex dropped by 9.9 cents at $5.523 a million British thermal units.

The article considers the possible expansion of hog-slaughter capacity in the U.S.

The article reports on the decline in lean hog prices at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for the February and April 2006 contracts and presents an update on other commodity markets, including coffee and crude oil.

Highlights trends on cash hog prices in the U.S. market as of November 2005.

Reports on the decline in Lean hog futures prices at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange during the May 20, 2005 trading.

Reports on the fall of lumber futures on February 11, 2005 in the U.S.

Presents information on the commodity futures trading of lean-hog, cattle and crude oil in the U.S. as of July 16, 2004.

Reports on the demand for lean-hog futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on March 29, 2004.

Presents an update on commodity prices in the U.S. as of May 19, 2003.

Presents information on commodity market futures as of April 28, 2003.

Reports on the mistakes committed by consumers leading to the increase in the incidence of food-borne illnesses.

Presents an update on commodity markets in Chicago, Illinois as of March 19, 2003.

Reports on the prices if lean-hog futures in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Presents an update on the performance of the commodity markets in the U.S. as of January 31, 2003.

Presents updates on commodity futures in the U.S. as of January 30, 2003.

Reveals why livestock-market analysts in Chicago, Illinois expect cattle and hog prices in 2003 to exceed those of last year.

Reports on the reason behind the decrease in lean-hog prices traded in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange of Illinois on December 31, 2002.

Highlights the performance of lean-hog contracts trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on December 27, 2002.

Presents updates on the trading of commodities in the U.S. as of October 31, 2002, including lean-hog futures.

Reports on the increase in lean-hog futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on October 2, 2002.

Reports on the increase in lean-hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange due to higher prices being paid in the cash-hog markets.

Reports on the prices of lean hog futures for October 2002 in the U.S. commodities market.

Focuses on the lean-hog futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on September 5, 2002.

Reports on the futures of hog in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Reports on the decline in the lean-hog futures prices at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as of August 2002.

Reports on the performance of hog and pork-belly futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange., as of August 1, 2002.

Reports on the increase in the expected hog prices and futures' discounts trading in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as of July 2002.

Reports on the decision of Dynergy Inc. to halt energy trading on its Dynergydirect online system and the result of trading at the commodities market in the U.S. on June 20, 2002.