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- 28 January 1999
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  • Euro=£0.6968
  • Intervention Price for January: £85.14 dd.

  • £1=DM2.812 / FFr9.424 / $1.647

  • FOB Rouen January wheat value: FFr 710.00 (£75.33)

  • Chicago March wheat at close: $2.72 (£60.60)

FUTURES improved yet again, touching £1-up before lunch. One large shipper buyer kept values strong but, with very little consumption buying, it might be wise to take advantage of the rally.

Wheat futures – closing prices:

MONTH Close Change
MAR 76.85 +0.85
MAY 78.00 +0.60
JULY 80.00 +0.60
SEP 78.50 +0.25
NOV 80.25 +0.25
JAN 82.25 +0.25

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

    CommodityPrice
    January Class 1 milling wheat88-90
    January Class 2 milling wheat78-80
    January Soissons85-86
    January feed wheat70-71
    January feed barley74-76
    January OSR133
    (with 50p carry)
    Harvest feed wheat70-72
    September feed wheat72-74

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


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