Markets news

18 February 1998

Markets news

TURN to our Markets section for news of this weeks business, and commentary on agricultural markets:

• Wheat

  About 70,000 tonnes of wheat is expected to be shipped from Cardiff and Tilbury to Bangladesh. But merchants warned that the sale is too small to lift the spirits of UK exporters. – Click here

• Barley

  Confirmed offers of barley into intervention were predicted to reach 600,000 tonnes by the end of yesterday (Tuesday). – Click here

• Milk

  A shortage of supply and looming super-levy bills have forced up the price of cohort milk quota. Cohort quota at 4% butterfat is now trading at 16ppl. – Click here

  
  

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