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A heat wave sweeps through a city and people swelter, running indoors to find air conditioning. But crops out in a field aren't so lucky. For them, there is no escape.

Scientists in Australia are working to understand how heat waves impact wheat. They are mixing observational studies with techniques from computer science. This will allow them to create models to understand how wheat will respond in certain conditions.

From Science News Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180620094749.htm 

Wheat prices recovered Wednesday as buyers snapped up contracts in an oversold market and are now looking to profit from a rebound in sentiment. The day was dominated by wheat’s more than 2% gains as corn prices and soybean prices were up marginally.

It’s difficult to say that prices have reached a bottom in the wake of President Trump’s ongoing tariff tantrum. With that in mind, let’s take a look at grain prices at the Chicago Board of Trade.

From: https://farmlead.com/blog/grain-markets-today/june-20-wheat-prices-pop-market-looks-for-bottom/

Every year, during the brief lull between spring planting and summer harvesting, farmers gather at a local farm test site to see how their wheat check-off dollars are being spent.

From: http://lmtribune.com/northwest/seeing-what-new-research-is-breeding/article_09fe8d3c-6e75-532e-8ba5-bb6938a671ab.html