Present and past members of the Kansas City Board of Trade gathered June 28 to mark the final day of trading in the KCBT's wheat futures and options pits. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) rang the closing bell that signaled both the end of the day's trading and the end of an era.
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