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[credit provider=”jayneandd on Flickr”] Down trending MarketThe Wheat market is definitely in a downtrend right now, and if we look at the 6 month chart we stand at $7.42 a bushel as of the close of last week. If we break $7.20 a bushel, then there are going to be […]

Futures contracts for wheat and corn are both trading up big this afternoon since 12 PM ET when the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.

[credit provider=”jayneandd on Flickr” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayneandd/”] Wheat prices and futures have surged around the world today after Russia announced that its wheat production fell 30.6% in 2012.European wheat prices have spiked, reaching a four year high of 279.25 euros/tonne. Wheat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade for December are up […]

Corn futures were selling hard after today’s USDA report showed that U.S. has 846 million bushels in surplus corn inventories. Corn for March delivery was down $0.40 to $6.11 per bushel, well off its 52-week high of $7.86 per bushel.

Wheat futures are scraping $6.49 per bushel today, their highest price since early November, and nearing their highest prices since the collapse of derivatives broker MF Global.