Grain futures and currencies


  • Euro1=£0.6610
  • Intervention Price: £83.41dd.

  • £1=DM2.9590 / FFr9.9240 / US$1.6318 / Euro1.5129

  • FOB Rouen May wheat value: FFr737.50 (£73.98)

  • Chicago May wheat at close: $2.55 (£57.41)

UK wheat futures followed French values to finish lower on Friday

Wheat futures – closing prices:

MONTH Close Change
MAY 76.50 -1.00
JULY 76.50 -1.00
SEP 73.50 -0.50
NOV 75.25 -0.50
JAN 77.25 -0.35
MAR 78.75 -0.35

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

    CommodityPrice
    May Class 1 milling wheat85-88
    May Class 2 milling wheat79-82
    May Soissons78-82
    May feed wheat73-75
    May feed barley73-76
    May OSR122
    Harvest OSR115
    Harvest feed wheat67-68
    November feed wheat72-73

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

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