The Exchanges offer an excellent place to get quotes and related news for the markets that you are trading. The following links are to the major US commodity exchanges:

» Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
An excellent site, containing lots of pertinent information for the agricultural and the bond markets. An excellent link to the USDA, through Cornell University and University of Illinois, Urbana. This is the best of the exchange sites, as the Board of Trade appears to be living up to its reputation for staying on the forefront of technology.

» Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
Useful site for quotes, and exchange traded contract information.

» Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange (CSCE)
A small site, though it is expanding. Good closing price coverage, as well as current warehouse stock figures.

» Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT)
Excellent coverage of the wheat market. Full of useful facts and trivia regarding the wheat trade.

» New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE)
The only resource on the web for Citrus and Cotton information. Good closing prices for Futures and Options traded on this exchange.

» New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
Excellent source for closing prices on Metals and Petroleum Futures and Options. Great discussions on the "Crack Spread", as well as up to date charts for the Metals, and Petroleum markets.