Weather, planting, Iran influence wheat market

Mark Conlon
Apr 24, 2026
10 hrs ago

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There are plenty of factors influencing the wheat market lately as evidenced by prices moving up, down, and back up again. The result is that prices are back to where they were earlier in April. The question is how will these factors continue to influence the market and for how long?

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