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- 04 May 1999
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  • Euro1=£0.6571
  • Intervention Price: £82.26dd.
  • £1=DM2.9764/ FFr9.9824/ US$1.6115/ Euro1.5218

  • FOB Rouen April wheat value: FFr755 (£76.64)

  • Chicago May wheat at close: $2.54 (£57.82)

THE UK wheat market followed the French upwards on Friday as spot shorts to Ireland and Denmark looked to cover immediate requirements.






Wheat futures – closing prices:


MONTH Close Change
MAY 78.85 +0.50
JULY 79.60 +0.40
SEP 75.50 +0.05
NOV 77.50 +0.05
JAN 79.00 unch
MAR 80.50 unch


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











    CommodityPrice
    May Class 1 milling wheat85-86
    May Class 2 milling wheat79-81
    May Soissons78-82
    May feed wheat72-74
    May feed barley73-76
    May OSR124
    Harvest OSR115
    Harvest feed wheat67-69
    November feed wheat73-75




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



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