New trading hours

After Monday and Tuesday's 21-hour electronic trading days vs. the old 17 hours per day, the biggest change for this reporter has been adjusting to the posting times of the settlement prices," says Agriculture.com markets editor Mike McGinnis.

On the CME Globex platform, trading occurs from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT Sunday to Friday. Products included in the expanded hours are CBOT Corn, Mini-Sized Corn, Soybeans, Mini-Sized Soybeans, Wheat, Mini-Sized Wheat, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Rough Rice, Oats, and Ethanol futures and options plus all related calendar spread options and inter-commodity spread options.