Wheat options volume is leading in the gains, posting an increase of 17.5 percent compared to year-to-date volume through February of 2002. February trading volume exceeded volume traded last February by 6.3 percent.
Wheat futures trading in the past month exceeded volume traded during January 2003 by 3.2 percent with year-to-date volume ahead of last year by 1.1 percent.
The Kansas City Board of Trade, chartered in 1876, is the world's largest futures market for hard red winter wheat.