• REMINDER: CHANGES TO VOMITOXIN SPECIFICATIONS FOR DELIVERABLE WHEAT AS OF SEPTEMBER 2013 AND SUBSEQUENT CONTRACT MONTHS

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-6574
      • Notice Date
      • 26 February 2013
      • Effective Date
      • 03 September 2013
    • As communicated in SER – 5911R, the Exchange certified the following contract changes with respect to vomitoxin that will take effect in the CBOT Wheat and Mini-Sized Wheat futures contracts beginning with the September 2013 and subsequent contract months:

      1. Eliminate wheat containing 4 parts per million (ppm) vomitoxin from deliverable grades.
      2. Increase the discount for wheat containing 3 ppm vomitoxin from 12 cents per bushel to 20 cents per bushel1.

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