Bloomberg – Hedge funds increased their bullish bets on wheat to the highest in more than three years amid shrinking global supplies and mounting concern that food inflation will accelerate.
In the week ended Feb. 8 on the Chicago Board of Trade, the funds and money managers increased net-long positions, or wagers on rising prices, by 19 percent to 51,787 contracts, the highest since August 2007, government data showed on Feb. 11. On Feb. 9, wheat prices reached a 29-month peak of $8.9325 a bushel.
