Currencies and grain trading


  • £1=DM2.866 / FFr9.609 / $1.708

  • FOB Rouen spot wheat value: FFr 750.00 (£ 78.05)

  • Chicago December wheat at close: $2.76 (£ 59.30)

THE UK market finished virtually unchanged.

Prices at Mondays
wheat futures close:

MONTH Close Change
NOV 73.35 0.00
JAN 75.25 0.00
MAR 77.25 + 0.10
MAY 79.10 + 0.10
JUL 80.50 0.00
SEP 78.00 0.00

    Approximate commodity
    values, £/tonne, ex-farm:

    CommodityPrice
    October Class 1 milling wheat88-90
    October Class 2 milling wheat78-80
    October Soissons82-84
    October feed wheat68-70
    October feed barley67-70
    Harvest 1999 feed wheat73

  • Information provided by BDR Agriculture Ltd, Harvest House, 64 North Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 9AJ – click here for further details


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