Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Wheat Rises Near Record High as Rain Damages Crops in Europe, Egypt Buys

(Bloomberg) -- Wheat rose to a three-week high in
Chicago and Kansas City on speculation that heavy rains in
northern Europe will reduce global production, increasing demand
for U.S. supplies.

Egypt, the world's second-biggest importer of the grain,
today said it bought 175,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat after
prices for European supplies rose to a record. Part of northern
Europe will have above-normal rain the next 10 days, said John
Dee, president of Global Weather Monitoring in Mohawk, Michigan.


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