Currencies and grain trading


  • £1=DM2.798/FFr9.376/$1.668

  • FOB Rouen November wheat value: FFr 780.00 (£ 83.19)

  • Chicago December wheat at close: $2.87 (£ 63.14)

THERE was a typically slow end to the week, with very little volume and few consumption buyers.

Prices at Fridays
wheat futures close:

MONTH Close Change
NOV 78.25 + 0.25
JAN 79.80 -0.20
MAR 81.90 -0.10
MAY 83.75 -0.25
JUL 85.85 -0.15
SEP 82.90 0.00

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

    CommodityPrice
    November Class 1 milling wheat90-94
    November Class 2 milling wheat82-85
    November Soissons87-93
    November feed wheat75-77
    November feed barley74-75
    Harvest 1999 feed wheat76-78
    September 1999 feed wheat79-80

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

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