Wheat futures settled as much as a penny higher in CBT, with MPLS and KC wheat down 1 to 2 1/4 cents. All wheat export sales totaled 328,859 MT during the week that ended Feb 15. That was a 5.7% increase over the previous week but down 27.1% from the same time last year. New crop sales were tallied at 53,600 MT. Sales of 150,000 MT were reported to the Philippines. The USDA released a projection of 47.4 bpa for the US national yield, up from 46.3 bpa last year. The 18/19 carry out is expected to be trimmed 78 mbu from 17/18 to 931 mbu.
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