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Following CBOT Wheat news is the key to trading fundamentally. Below you can find links to articles in the news that discuss market fundamentals that could potentially affect the price of CBOT Wheat on the CBOT. Before you invest in the CBOT wheat commodities market you should do your own research.

1. Bloomberg.com “Ukraine, Kazakhstan Wheat Crops Seen Falling, FAO Says” April 24, 2012

Ukraine’s wheat harvest may slide 37 percent and Kazakhstan’s production could fall 36 percent this year after the crops were harmed by frost and drought, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization forecast.

2. Bloomberg.com “Wheat Advances on Speculation Cold Weather in Europe May Harm Winter Crops” January 31, 2012 

Wheat rose in Chicago, heading for a second monthly gain, on speculation cold weather in Europe will hurt winter crops that lack protective snow cover.

3. Bloomberg.com "Corn, Wheat Plunge Most in Three Months as U.S. Sees Bigger World Supplies" January 12, 2012

Wheat futures for March delivery slid 5.6 percent to close at $6.05 a bushel on the CBOT, the biggest decline since Sept. 30. Before today, prices were down 16 percent in the past year. 

4. Bloomberg.com "Corn, Wheat, Soybeans May Fall as China Boosts Rates, U.S. Crops Improve" July 6, 2011

"Wheat futures may open 9 cents to 12 cents a bushel lower on the CBOT, the Kansas City Board of Trade and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange on bets that favorable weather will improve crops in the northern U.S. Great Plains and Canada."

5. Reuters.com “CBOT corn tops wheat for first time in 15 years”

Wheat prices fell below corn on Tuesday for the first time in 15 years, opening the door wider for wheat to become fodder for livestock and poultry.

6. BusinessWeek.com “Wheat Planting Falls to 4-Year Low in Russia Amid Export Ban” March 7, 2011

Russia’s ban on grain exports means the country’s farmers will plant the fewest wheat fields in four years, another sign that global prices will keep rising.

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