Crops and critters Investor Jim Rogers says the next leg up in the commodities market will come from agricultural products, and others are beginning to listen. Corn futures Continuous front-month contract, in $U.S. a bushel, daily close Yesterday's close: $2.43 Sugar futures Continuous front-month contract, in U.S. ¢ a pound, daily close Yesterday's close: 17.12¢ Best & worst performing commodity futures Top 10 performers for past year Copper: +131.44% Sugar: +100.94 Silver: +76.18 Gold: +46.61 Heating Oil: +34.15 Crude oil: +32.71 Gasoline: +31.28 Platinum: +30.22 Soybean oil: +10.57 Corn: +9.70 Bottom 10 performers for past year Cocoa: +3.46% Lumber: +2.28 Natural gas: +2.12 Mini int'l cattle: 0.0 Soybean: -8.31 Cotton: -12.81 Soybean meal: -12.81 Lean hogs: -13.75 Live cattle: -14.66 Coffee: -15.82