USDA Highlights: Wheat prices gain after US sowings forecast at lowest on record

• USDA forecasts US wheat sowings 1.0M acres below market expectations
• Smallest plantings on data going back to 1919
• Corn area exceeds market expectations, but separate data on US stocks fall short
• Soybean area 850K acres below market forecasts

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