1.   Heavy rains delayed spring wheat planting and caused diseases like rust and fungus in wheat.

2.   Unusually wet spring weather has delayed spring wheat planting in the Northern Plains and corn planting in the Midwest.

3.   Wheat futures prices in Kansas City, Chicago and Minneapolis closed sharply higher Monday as wet weather continued to delay spring wheat planting.

4.   In addition, melting snow in the Dakotas and Minnesota could delay spring wheat planting by more than three weeks.

5.   Wheat future also were boosted by worries that wet weather in the Northern Plains is delaying spring wheat planting.