Ag Links

FUTURES AND OPTION EXCHANGES

Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock and financial prices, trading, emerging markets and so much more.

Chicago Board of Trade
Updated agriculture price quotes and trader indexes. These quotes are updated daily.

Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Current agriculture prices from the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.

Kansas City Board of Trade
For more than 100 years, the Kansas City Board of Trade has been the world's predominant marketplace for hard red winter wheat, the major ingredient in the world's bread.

Coffee, Sugar, & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (New York Board of Trade)
This exchange is set to handle the softs, which include coffee, sugar, cocoa, orange juice, and milk.

Mid America Commodity Exchange (MACE)
This exchange was established with the small trader in mind.  Grain contracts are set at 1000 bushels while the meats are at 20,000 pounds. 

New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX and COMEX Division)
This exchange is set up for the traders who likes to trade the metals, gold, silver, copper, ect.

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (Wpg)
This exchange is set up to handle canola and feed barley.

CLEARING FIRMS

RJ O'brien 

USDA and OTHER GOVERNMENT SITE'S

USDA home page
The official USDA government resource.

National Agricultural Statistical Service
The official site for USDA's Statistical reports.

National Agricultural Statistical Service Weekly Crop Conditions Reports
The official site for USDA's to post every state's weekly crop progress and weather report.

Saskatchewan's Weekly Crop Progress Report
Similar to USDA's individual state weekly crop conditions report..

Manitoba's Weekly Crop Progress Report
Similar to USDA's individual state weekly crop conditions report..

National Agriculture Library
The site of the National Agriculture Library. Lots of information on agriculture and farming processes.

ND Department of Agriculture
News from the North Dakota Department of Agriculture.

WEATHER INFORMATION

Progressive Ag Weather Links
All the best links from the National Weather Service and Private firms (including the daily weather model) that will keep you on top of all weather developments.

The Weather Channel
Breaking weather information, forecast and current conditions, Doppler radar, flight information, and more from The Weather Channel

 

PRACTICAL FARM MARKETING LINKS

1. Weather Links - all the weather information you need is available for free.

2. Land Grant Universities - The best university links for applied marketing.

3. USDA Reports/FSA Links  - Loan Rates, LDP's, and all the government report links including crop production, S/D, weekly crop conditions and export reports, and others.

3. Futures/Options Quotes  - The best site we have found for getting futures and options quotes is FutureSource.com. Click on "quotes" to go to the quote page.

4. Progressive Ag "Marketing University" Seminars (Powerpoint presentations) - Technicals/Fundamentals of the futures market, building a basic marketing plan, Basis, Seasonality, Spreads, Quality Differentials, Types of Contracts, Hedging Canola, etc.