Griggs County Extension Office

This is a listing of web sites that provide commodity market quotes, market news, charting services and other agricultural marketing information. This list is far from complete as new sites continue to be developed. If you have a site to add to this list, please e-mail the Griggs County Extension Office. The intention of this listing is to help identify the large amount of marketing information available on the internet. (Updated January 2001)

Commodity Markets
Chicago Board of Trade	Minneapolis Grain Exchange	Kansas Board of Trade	Chicago Mercantile Exchange
University Risk Management Sites
Center for Agriculture & Rural Development (CARD) Description	Kansas State Risk Management Description	National Ag Risk Education Library Description	Texas Extension Agricultural Economics Description
Commodity Group Sites
Canola Council of Canada Description	National Sunflower Association Description	North Dakota Soybean Council Description	North Dakota Wheat Commission Description
U.S. Wheat Associates Description	American Soybean Association Description
Private and Government Sites
FutureSource Description	Grainline Description	Small Grains Description	Grain Marketing Page Description
Tool Shed Ag Information Network Description	Agriculture Online Description	All Market Quotes Description	AgWeb Description
AgriBiz Description	TFC Commodity Charts and Quotes Description	American Agrisurance Marketing Forum Description	Futures Magazine Description
Futures Traders Tool Box Description	Consensus National Futures & Financial Weekly Description
USDA AMS Market News Service Description	Mann Library, Historic Data Series & Indexes on U.S. Prices Description	USDA & Ag. Market Information Description

This site is located at Iowa State. It provides access to publications, LDP county quotes and histories, CARD research on government policy and news articles. This is a good location to get county LDP histories from September 1999 to the present.

This site offers risk management information by Dr. G. A. (Art) Barnaby, Jr. and Dr. William I. Tierney, Jr. This site offers a profile of the authors, Crop Insurance information, Risk Management Strategies, CRC price estimates, Price Analysis and Forecasting, and other information concerning marketing of commodities.

USDA has launched a Risk Management Education initiative to establish comprehensive risk management education and outreach programs to help producers to effectively manage their risks. The National Ag Risk Education Library is a major component of USDA’s risk management education initiative. Its intent is to help both producers and agricultural professionals quickly locate information, tools, and assistance relevant to specific risk management topics. This site is maintained by the University of Minnesota, Center For Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD).

A good site for marketing clubs. Has a Master Marketing Program that is a training course for marketing club leaders. The site also has market outlooks, budgets, commodity and policy, crop insurance information and risk management information.

A good site for anything dealing with Canola. Has an image library, news and events, a growers manual, Canola production Centers, markets and statistics, Canola discussion groups and good links to biotechnology sites.

Contains sunflower production and marketing publications, news and events, buyer information, the Sunflower Magazine and NuSun information.

Contains the objectives of the council, board of directors, North Dakota soybean news and information and current funded research.

Wheat information and facts, industry news, Dakota Gold newsletter and wheat food and nutrition information.

Contains news and policy, buyer information, market information quality and inspections and other wheat links.

The American Soybean Association is working to meet the challenges of the 21st century for the soy industry and for soy customers around the world. Policy Issues and priorities, exports, programs, newsroom, library, resources, state affiliations and other soybean issues.

Lots of information on commodities and marketing. Sections on quotes, charts, trader's forum and an abundance of links for markets and you name it.

Slogan is "The Internet Source for Small Grain Growers". This site has just about everything from quotes to other links.

Slogan is "Links and Information about the Grain Markets". Daily commentary, brokers, Investment strategy software and premium market advise.

This site is available through a number of sites. This site is tied to ZZCountry Radio in Devils Lake. It can also be access in the Small Grain Site. A number of market links and Ag radio stations are available. On this site the Red River Farm Network is available and you can call up past or current radio broadcasts. There is a lot of information and links available and is is still in development.

This is Successful Farming Magazine site. It has a variety of market information, quotes, buying and selling online for inputs or equipment, news, Successful Farming Magazine, radio links and more.

This site is just what the title says. All futures quotes, stock market and charting information.

Market analysis by Pro Farmer along with quotes, discussion, education, weather and equipment buying and selling.

E-markets, search and research, market and analysis, news and articles. Charts available along with market histories.

The free source of daily commodity futures and financial market information. We track many commodities and financial indicators, making the information available in the form of free online charts and intraday commodity quotes. You are even able to create your own personalized charts menu to gain quick access to the charts in which you are most interested.

American Agrisurance represents the third largest crop insurance company in the United States. From our home office in Council Bluffs, Iowa, we write business in 37 states. Address crop insurance issues and has links to other marketing sites.

Advertised as "The Investment Newspaper Used Daily by Stock and Futures Traders - Your Investment Library Online".

AMS provides current, unbiased price and sales information to assist in the orderly marketing and distribution of farm commodities. Reports include information on prices, volume, quality, condition, and other market data on farm products in specific markets and marketing areas. Reports cover both domestic and international markets.

The USDA Economics and Statistics System contains nearly 300 reports and datasets from the
economics agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These materials cover U.S. and international agriculture and related topics. Most reports are text files that contain time-sensitive information. Most data sets are in spreadsheet format and include time-series data that are updated yearly.