They've gotten a bad name because individual investors too often wade into these markets without enough experience and get thoroughly soaked. A futures contract is a legal pact in which the purchaser agrees to buy or sell a certain amount of the underlying instrument at a set date in the future. The CBOE the world's largest options marketplace has been teaching individual investors the nuances of options trading for years via an educational effort called the Options Institute. Then reality...

It also will begin construction on a seed drying, processing and handling plant, which is expected to be complete in 2008. The project in Algona will add six to eight new positions to its enhanced corn research programs. Plans for the center also call for increasing land for its soybean research program. The center moved to Algona in 1943 and has developed a reputation in Pioneer for producing top-performing corn hybrids. Friday, March 23, 2007 Pioneer to expand Algona center Pioneer...

The site has a floating dock, truck- and rail-loading facilities and six storage tanks capable of holding more than 20 million gallons of fuel or fuel feed stocks. The Ohio Republican met with local development officials who have been pushing for redevelopment of the site since 2002. George Voinovich said Monday, urging federal officials to move quickly on plans to put the nearly 66-acre site at 4820 River Road up for sale. The site has caught the eye of Peter Cremer North America, one of...

The two divas of the kitchen whip up some sandwiches and salsa made with soybean products. Commission wants you to try some soybean products during soyfoods month. Here are today's headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation: Interested in writing a blog? Send us a few sample entries! Let us know what you're interested in writing about, the experience you have with your topic, and anything else you think we'll find useful to know. She emphasized how important of a cash crop the bean...

Researchers from Sao Paulo State University and the Federal University of Sao Carlos divided rats into seven-member groups: two control sedentary groups, Ovx or sham-Ovx; three Ovx given soy yogurt and no exercise, soy yogurt plus resistance exercise, or just exercise; and three sham-Ovx given soy yogurt and no exercise, soy yogurt plus resistance exercise, or just exercise. Researchers from Sao Paulo State University and the Federal University of Sao Carlos divided rats into seven-member...