Commodity Markets

 By Tom Webb  Pioneer Press The collapse of MF Global is sending shockwaves across rural Minnesota, where grain elevators and some farmers are stunned to find their commodity accounts threatened by the distant scandal. Although relatively few...

“I was reading in Thursday’s paper, I have to agree with the Middletown, Md., person who called in. It is a waste of time and taxpayers’ money for emissions, because there’s so much green gases and stuff these days that what they&...

Indiana University economists presenting their annual forecast Thursday expect that the national and state economies will expand somewhat more in 2012 but not enough to make much of a dent in unemployment, thus leading to a continued historically weak...

“Why not make trick-or-treating on the same night for Hagerstown and the surrounding towns? That way, the people who are taking their children to different towns to trick-or-treat would be stopped. A lot of people are turning their lights off and...

What a difference two weeks makes in the ag commodities markets. In the last column we were discussing how high the corn acreage was and the re-adjustment upward of the corn stocks by some 300 million bushels.  On the July 12, USDA's WASDE report adjusted...

The price of crude oil has dropped considerably to around $80 a barrel, and countless Indianapolis drivers are confused as to why gas prices have not decreased to the extent they expected. "I drive all day for a living, and I feel it every day, and it'...

Crude oil declined below $79 a barrel to its lowest levels since September on the New York Mercantile Exchange, extending the drop after the Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates at a record low through mid-2013. U.S. benchmark crude......

While most economic news has been dismal lately, there???s at least one bright spot to the recent downturn ??? a reprieve from rising gas prices. After five straight weeks of increases at the gas pump, prices fell 3.7 cents to......

Retail gasoline prices were falling again on Monday as oil rebounded a bit from sharp losses last week. Oil's small gain was based on hopes that European leaders would solve that region's debt crisis, analysts said....

Gasoline price drops were accelerating Wednesday during the last days of the summer driving season, which is usually a time when they are on the rise. The average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. fell to......

Oil prices were roiling Monday as Libyan rebels made further progress toward ousting leader Moammar Kadafi, raising hopes that the country’s conflict is drawing to a close at a time of global economic uncertainty. Analysts said that the overthrow...

Oil prices are still far below their highs for the year, but U.S. motorists aren't benefiting from lower prices because the nation's refineries continue to boost exports and reduce supplies available in the U.S. In California, the average price of a...