commodities

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Observers estimate the RSF and its associated government are raking in anywhere from approximately $1 billion to $2 billion annually from selling various commodities, making RSF-held areas arguably the top non-state economy in the world.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

The study explored the biology of these poorly understood wild bees while also highlighting their importance as pollinators for valuable agricultural crops such as apples, one of New York's signature commodities.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

When it comes to prices, “the geographic divergence remains stark,” Nicholas Godec, head of fixed income tradables & commodities at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

In early European trading, futures in New York were 0.9% higher at $4,564 a troy ounce, while the U.S. dollar index slipped 0.2% to 99.01, making dollar-denominated commodities cheaper for overseas buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Huge surpluses of wheat, corn, milk, pork, and beef produced in the Midwest had caused the price of farm commodities to crash.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown