date:Jan 06, 2013
wheat was the sale of the 136-year-old Kansas City Board of Trade to the CME Group late in the year, although most expect all-electronic hard red winter wheat trading volume may be bolstered as a result.
Unaffected by the drought were sugar and cocoa powder prices, which at the end of 2012 were down about 40% and 20%, respectively, from a year earlier.
For sugar, ample domestic and foreign supplies (especially Mexico) pressured prices throughout 2012 with current Midwest beet sugar prices at