Indiana Grain Company, LLC

CME Group has announced the launch of Short-Dated New Crop Options on CBOT Corn and Soybeans futures to begin trading Monday, June 4. Short-Dated New Crop Options on CBOT Wheat futures will be listed for trading beginning Tuesday, September 4. These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CBOT.

"An increasing number of our producer customers use options to manage risk during the growing season," said Tim Andries

CME Group announced ahead of the weekend that Chief Executive Officer Phupinder Gill and Chief Financial Officer Jamie Parisi will present at the UBS Global Financial Services Conference, to be held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on Tu

As of yesterday the CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced it will expand electronic trading hours in its CBOT grain and oilseed futures and options beginning Monday, May 14, 2012.

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CME Group today announced it will expand electronic trading hours in its CBOT grain and oilseed futures and options beginning Monday, May 14, 2012. This will expand market access to CBOT Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Oats and Roug

CME Group will reportedly extend trading hours for its grain contracts,sources close to the matter tell Reuters.

The move comes as the Chicago exchange moves to defend its turf against rival ICE's bid for nearly round-the-clock transactions.

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CME Group Executive Chairman Terry Duffy appeared this week before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs to discuss "The Collapse of MF Global: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications."

"Since the MF Global bankruptcy, C

CME Group today announced the sale of two of the three buildings that comprise the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Building Complex located at 141 W. Jackson to a joint venture between GlenStar Properties LLC and USAA Real Estate Company.

The consor

CME Group has announced the launch of CBOT Black Sea Wheat Futures to begin trading on June 6, subject to regulatory approval. The launch of these contracts, which will be listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of the CBOT, is an exte

CME Group today released the following statement regarding the Administration's proposal to increase oversight of energy markets:

"CME Group agrees that manipulation is detrimental to markets and should be vigorously policed, as is currently being

Traders who don't even trade Apple were talking about the tech giant today.

Shares of Apple fell $25 and some are now wondering if a pullback is coming.

Apple, however, is largely undaunted. The company today also announced the new iPad, the th

CME Group today announced it will amend its benchmark New York Harbor Heating Oil futures contract specifications, lowering its sulfur specifications to 15 parts per million (ppm) from 2,000 ppm and expand the listed months an additional three years

CME Group today announced that it has acquired a 100% equity interest in GreenX Holdings LLC (GreenX Holdings), the parent company of Green Exchange LLC (GreenX), and is now the sole owner of the company. CME Group will migrate GreenX contracts and o

The New York Stock Exchange will implement new circuit-breaker collar trigger levels for second-quarter 2012 effective Monday, April 2, 2012.

Circuit-breaker points represent the thresholds at which trading is halted marketwide for single-day decl

The grain trade is expecting USDA to forecast this year's corn plantings near 95 million acres, the most since 1944, soybean area at just over 75 million, slightly more than last year and total wheat acreage at nearly 57.5 million, or roughly 3 milli

The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.61% in February. A new monthly commentary offers insight into hedge fund performance through the month of February. Some key findings from the report include:

Hedge funds, as measured by t

U.S. corn futures fell 2.4 percent on Tuesday.

It's a move many traders expected following bearish chart signals and favorable U.S. crop weather.

As it turns out, both corn and soybeans posted their biggest daily declines since January.

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We at Indiana Grain love Apple products... and so many, many others. In fact, Apple on Monday night announced it has sold three million of its new iPad, since its launch on Friday, March 16.

The new iPad features a stunning new Retina display, Ap

As the WSJ reported today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says private exporters sold 240,000 metric tons of U.S. corn for delivery to unknown destinations.

Commodity traders widely believed the buyer was China, the report from WSJ notes.

We at Indiana Grain have learned that Craig Donohue, CME Group's chief executive officer since 2004, will step down at year end, to be replaced by current CME president Phupinder Gill.

Chairman Terrence Duffy will take on the additional role of pr

CME Group has today announced that February 2012 volume averaged 12.8 million contracts per day, down 13 percent from February 2011 (which posted exceptionally strong average daily volume due to the impact of significant unrest in the Middle East th