Currencies and grain trading


  • Euro=£0.6885
  • Intervention Price for January: £84.82 dd.

  • £1=DM2.839 / FFr9.515 / $1.634

  • FOB Rouen February wheat value: FFr 705 (£73.89)

  • Chicago March wheat at close: $2.69 (£60.41)

THE UK market finished the week quietly.

Wheat futures – closing prices:

MONTH Close Change
MAR 74.75 +0.50
MAY 75.50 +0.10
JULY 77.50 +0.10
SEP 76.50 -0.15
NOV 78.25 -0.15
JAN 80.25 -0.15

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

    CommodityPrice
    February Class 1 milling wheat85-88
    February Class 2 milling wheat75-77
    February Soissons82-84
    February feed wheat70-71
    February feed barley74-76
    February OSR130
    (with 50p carry)
    Harvest feed wheat70
    September feed wheat72

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


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