politicalgateway.com
Jul 27, 2008
CHICAGO, July 25 (UPI) -- Grains trading tracked up on the Chicago Board of Trade Friday as a federal judged limited a haying proposal for the Conservation Reserve Program. Corn was up 4 1/4 to up 4 3/4, soybeans were up 13 1/4 to up 15 1/2, wheat was up 21 to up 23 1/4 and oats were off 6. A federal ruling Friday limited haying on Conservation Reserve Program lands to 1.8 million acres, short of the 24 million acres proposed in May. Wheat areas of Australia received beneficial rains, but Argentina remains dry. Soybean areas are looking at hot weather through the first week of...
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