The earliest futures trading varieties in the world are agricultural products. In the early history of futures trading, according to the general division, agricultural futures can be divided into grain futures, such as corn, wheat, rice, soybean (its by-products, soybean meal and soybean oil) and cash crop futures.
Such as cotton, raw silk, coffee, cocoa, sugar, apples and so on. Livestock and poultry futures, such as butter, eggs, pigs, live cattle, etc. , and forest products futures, such as wood, natural rubber, plywood, pulp, etc.