Friday, June 29, 2007

Chicago Wheat Gains on Concern Supply to Decline; Corn, Soybeans Increase

(Bloomberg) -- Wheat futures in Chicago gained for a
second day on concern that global supply will decline as grain
output in Western Australia may fall to less than last year's
drought-hit harvest. Corn futures also climbed.

Output of grain including wheat, canola and barley in
Western Australia, a state which accounts for about a third of
the country's production, may be between 5 million and 9 million
metric tons, Michael Musgrave, operations manager at Perth-based
grain-handler CBH Group said today. The state produced 6.4
million tons last year and averages 11 million tons, he said.


Read more at Bloomberg Commodities News

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