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7/29/2021 By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, July 29 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures rose on Thursday, with the front contract rising above $7 a bushel for the first time in a week after findings from an annual U.S. crop tour showed the impact of drought in the northern Plains spring wheat belt. Corn and soybean futures closed higher on fears that the drought also may curb corn and soy prospects. CBOT September wheat settled up 16-1/2 cents at $7.05-1/4 per bushel after reachin...

7/29/2021 By Karl Plume FARGO, North Dakota, July 29 (Reuters) - The average spring wheat yield in North Dakota, the top-producing state, was estimated at 29.1 bushels per acre on Thursday by the annual Wheat Quality Council tour, the lowest on record going back to 1993 due to a severe drought in the northern Plains. The figure was well below the crop tour average from 2015-2019 of 43.6 bpa and the U.S. Agriculture Departments 2021 latest spring wheat yield estimate for the state of 28.0 bpa...

ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) — The Wheat Quality Council’s annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour returns next week with a few new twists. Typically, the four-day tour of mostly Kansas wheat fields is held during the first week of May. But it was delayed two weeks this year to allow more time for participants to get COVID-19 vaccinations, with hopes of boosting participation. Sampling begins Tuesday, May 18, with scouts leaving Manhattan, Kansas. As of May 12, 46 people have signed up for the 2021 tour, accor...