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Cure for High Prices

Good moisture has enabled Australia to produce a record sized wheat crop. Due to proximity, Australia largely serves Asian markets and its wheat sales to China are up 158 percent. These sales have occured despite Chinese restrictions on many other Australian farm products. Trade ministers from the two countries have not met in over three years due to a diplomatic disagreement. However, China can buy Australian wheat at a 16 percent discount to wheat from the U.S. World wheat and U.S. wheat in particular looks set to get cheaper as record high prices lures increased production. Attracted by a record high farmgate price and lower input costs than corn or soybeans, a survey of U.S. farmers by Farm Futures magazine indicates they plan to incre...

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