Currencies and grain trading


  • £1=DM2.75 / FFr9.22 / $1.679

  • FOB Rouen spot wheat value: FFr 750.00 (£ 81.34)

  • Chicago December wheat at close: $2.83 (£ 61.85)

THE UK market finished virtually unchanged, with the only significant news a further Bangladeshi tender for 100,000t of wheat on 19 October – possibly from the UK.

Prices at Tuesdays
wheat futures close:

MONTH Close Change
NOV 75.60 0.00
JAN 77.60 0.00
MAR 79.55 + 0.05
MAY 81.40 + 0.15
JUL 83.00 + 0.50
SEP 79.50 0.00

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

    CommodityPrice
    October Class 1 milling wheat88-90
    October Class 2 milling wheat78-81
    October Soissons82-85
    October feed wheat70-72
    October feed barley69-71
    Harvest 1999 feed wheat74
    Setpember 1999 feed wheat75
    January 2000 feed wheat80

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


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