Corn and grain futures surge as South American weather declines

| January 2, 2012

In Illinois, corn and grain futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange reached multi-week highs as poor weather in Argentina and Brazil is expected to create crop shortages in South American countries. This hope for a boost in the overseas demand drove the corn futures to 6.4712 a bushel, a 4.17% increase since last week and drove wheat futures to 6.5312, a 4.8% increase since last week.

More on the story.

Print Friendly

More Coverage on this Topic

Tags: , ,

Category: Producer News

Comments (0)

Trackback URL | Comments RSS Feed

There are no comments yet. Why not be the first to speak your mind.

Comments are closed.