wheat futures settled higher Thursday, shaking off a late-session retreat to recapture earlier gains amid fears about unfavorable crop weather, floor traders said. soft red winter wheat in the 2007-08 marketing year also gave CBOT prices another boost, an analyst said. Wheat futures climbed in early trading amid follow-through and technical buying after a strong rally Wednesday, traders said. Late in the day session, wheat retreated from its early gains and dipped lower amid profit-taking...

Galindo and the other millers say the hands-on crop "tour" helps them get a head start on pricing and sourcing the thousands of tonnes of wheat needed for their markets. We'll drive thousands of miles, crisscrossing endless country roads to glean clues about the quantity and quality of the new wheat crop before the harvest begins in June. It's a far cry from the business suited, high-tech commodity trading floors of Kansas City, Chicago and New York, and a different world for a reporter...

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Weather forecasts through May 10 indicate the crop will get planted at about an average pace, therefore the market is slowly removing weather premium from prices. This is when seasonal price trends turn lower as the market prepares for the impending winter wheat harvest. WHEAT Wheat futures have rallied sharply so far in the month of April due to frost damage that occurred over the Easter weekend. Funds have been selling long positions, as the technical trend of the market has turned lower...