Spring wheat is leading the crop markets higher on Friday and is adding to its eight-month high. Spring wheat has been trending up due in part to ideas the problems with the winter wheat may increase demand for the higher-protein grain.

Corn and soybeans are a little higher, with soybeans getting a boost from better-than-expected export sales.

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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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