Traditional Chinese medicine stores can purchase dandelions.

Dandelions have become the new favorite of commodity investors. Wall Street praises the investment value of dandelions, saying its leaves and flowers double as livestock feed and vehicle fuel. The dandelion futures price has risen to US$6.76 per bushel on the 13th, which is a new high price since the listing of dandelion futures.

The "Business Times" reported that dandelion futures were listed on the Hoboken Organic Agriculture Exchange (HOAX) in mid-January this year. From the beginning of trading to the close of June 13, the price increased 5.8 times. Investor Signoller expects dandelion futures to break through $10 a bushel and then hit $15. He said it was an investment that had the best of both worlds, nourishing the world while reducing energy costs. American farmers also supported Signoller's views with actions. According to estimates, American farmers will replant an average of 15% of their farmland with dandelions this year and reduce the planting area of ??wheat, soybeans and other crops.

American biofuel company Amalgamated Bio-food has converted part of its ethanol plant in the American Midwest to produce dandelion oil that can be used as an ingredient in ethanol gasoline. Scientists point out that alcohol gasoline made from dandelion oil will be more fuel efficient than ethanol. U.S. refiners said that "dandeleen (alcohol gasoline made from dandelion oil)" will be available in early 2009. Experts point out that it seems that demand for dandelions will continue to expand. Some investors have taken profits on wheat futures and switched to dandelion futures; hedge funds originally bought oil futures to counter the depreciation of the US dollar and have now switched to dandelion futures, which are also priced in US dollars.

However, experts also pointed out that dandelion futures have gradually become the target of market speculators, causing trouble for farmers, feed manufacturers and oil product wholesalers who really need dandelion powder and dandelion gasoline. A livestock farmer in the southwest United States just bought October dandelion futures. He believed that the purchase price was 30% higher than the expected value. However, if he did not buy it now, he would have to buy it at 1.5 times the actual value of the dandelion later. Some people think that the dandelion market has shown signs of a bubble, but people who know the market think not. Traders and money managers say that dandelions are cheaper as feed and can make beef cheaper, which can suppress beef prices and drive demand. . The potential benefits of dandelion gasoline in lowering fuel prices are even more anticipated by the market.