date:Aug 17, 2012
Chicago Board of Trade futures for September delivery ended up 15 cents, or 1.8%, at $8.61 3/4 a bushel. Kansas City Board of Trade September wheat closed up 14 1/2 cents, or 1.7%, at $8.72 1/2 a bushel. Minneapolis Grain Exchange September wheat settled up 8 cents, or 0.9%, at $9.21 1/2 a bushel.
Wheat futures were buoyed by concerns about reduced wheat production in the Black Sea area, particularly with tighter Russian wheat stocks rekindling ideas that exports from Russia will be eventually