11.   Glickman also said he hopes to assure China that the U.S. remains committed to supplying it with agricultural commodities despite increasing friction between the two nations.

12.   Glickman said after the meeting that Russia may be interested in buying additional U.S. agricultural commodities.

13.   He also wrote an important memorandum on the question of trading in surplus agricultural commodities with Soviet bloc countries.

14.   His bill would allow professional market trading in agricultural commodities as well as financial futures, though farm interests likely will not seek that freedom now.

15.   In addition, financial instruments for agricultural commodities are traded in Chicago and both stock and bond traders scrutinize such prices for clues to inflation.

16.   In Punjab, for example, Spice Telecom provides daily updates on bulk rates of agricultural commodities and places to buy and sell produce in major or wholesale markets.

17.   Moreover, little of recent spikes in agricultural commodities prices has shown up in higher grocery costs.

18.   One of its goals is to shield its members from the price fluctuations that affect many agricultural commodities by offering its growers a set price for their fruit.

19.   Prices for soybeans, wheat and other agricultural commodities have lagged.

20.   Prices of many agricultural commodities are likely to decline in the months ahead.