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The article discusses vigorous trading activity at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. The exchange specializes in wheat contracts, and has seen rapid growth in trading activity as the price of wheat futures has increased. Chief Executive Mark Bagan sees opportunities for his firm in volatile wheat prices.

This section offers news briefs on issues related to commodity markets. A stronger U.S. dollar and lower crude-oil prices affected most commodity markets. Gold prices fell in sympathy with the decrease in crude oil and a strong U.S. dollar. Rice futures declined sharply due to losses in grain markets and rude oil.

The article presents an update on the commodity markets as of June 2008. Crude oil futures came within a cent of $143 due to the weak performance of the U.S. dollar. A record in crude oil, worries about inflation and the weakness of dollar resulted in fund buying of gold. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the case of mad cow disease came from a five-year-old Holstein cow from British Columbia.

The article reports on new highs set by several commodity markets for nearby contracts as bullish momentum underpinned prices and continued to entice speculative buyers. It mentions that a 27-year intraday high of $745.70 an ounce has been set by gold on the Comix division of the New York Mercantile Exchange while the Nymex crude oil came with its record high of $83.90 per barrel. It says that the dollar falls into oblivion because of the expectation of the market that the U.S. Federal Reserve will continue to drop interest rates.

The article reports on the strength in the commodity markets in the U.S. on August 17, 2007. Report says that most commodity markets recouped losses from August 16, 2007 rout based on credit market worries and some contracts erased all of their losses. The impetus behind the rally in stock and commodity markets was the 0.5 percentage-point cut in the Federal Reserve's discount rate on August 17, 2007.

The article offers updates on trends in U.S. commodity markets. Natural-gas futures rose on June 4, 2007 as commodity funds bought back previously sold positions due to low prices. The orange juice futures on the New York Board of Trade declined to a fresh six-week low after rains fell in the southeastern citrus regions over the weekend. Meanwhile, the crude oil futures rallied more than $1 and topped $66 a barrel.

The article reports on the drop in prices of corn futures that left a ripple effect across several commodity markets in the U.S. in March 2007.

The article presents an update on the condition of commodities markets, including gains in natural-gas futures.

The article reports on commodity futures in the U.S. as of December 13, 2005.

This article reports on the performance of the commodities market in the U.S. on August 24, 2006.