CBOT Tour
As a special extension of the Tomorrow’s Top Producer event, a group of farmers visited the historic Chicago Board of Trade today. This tour was compliments of Tomorrow’s Top Producer and SFP.
CBOT Tour
Young farmers learn some of the history behind the Chicago Board of Trade and it’s in the commodity markets.
CBOT Tour
In 1925, the Chicago Board of Trade commissioned Holabird & Root to design the current building. The building is 605 feet tall, designed in art deco-style and opened on June 9, 1930.
CBOT Tour
A CBOT tour guide explains the layout of the pits on the agricultural trading floor.
CBOT Tour
Inside CBOT, you’re surrounded by art-deco architecture.
CBOT Tour
The trading floor at CBOT is much less crowded now than it was a decade ago. As more trades become electronic, fewer people occupy the trading floor.
CBOT Tour
Unofficially, CBOT has one of the tallest escalators in all of Chicago.
