Spring wheat futures are higher at midday and pulling winter wheat markets higher. The gains follow a crop tour in the northern Plains forecasting lower spring wheat yields this year due to poor plant conditions following hot, dry weather early in the growing season. 

Corn and soybeans also are a little higher as forecasts favor drier conditions in the Midwest next week.

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Farm Futures Senior Editor Bob Burgdorfer comes to Penton Farm Progress with experience as a reporter covering grain markets and other global news with Reuters, Inc. A journalism graduate from Kansas State University, Bob has also worked at daily newspapers and Knight-Ridder as a commodity reporter, covering grains and livestock. He has earned five writing awards for his coverage of Mad Cow Disease, immigration issues and other international breaking news stories.

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