11.   But whole wheat is heavy and strong-flavored.

12.   Corn is to Latin America what wheat is to Europe and rice is to Asia.

13.   Crops in the central and southern Plains, where most hard red winter wheat is grown, have suffered the most from heavy spring rains.

14.   Concern that U.S. wheat is too expensive to compete on the world market limited price gains, analysts said.

15.   Dryness in the northern Plains, where spring wheat is grown, could cause problems in the region, analysts said.

16.   Early-harvested spring wheat has been of better quality than traders expected.

17.   Exports slowed in recent weeks because U.S. wheat is expensive compared with grain sold by countries such as Argentina and Australia.

18.   For example, B vitamins, which are lost when wheat is refined, are added back to white flour.

19.   Grain sources said Egypt was still expected to enter the work market for wheat, but there was no firm indication U.S. wheat would be part of the purchase.

20.   Hard red wheat is used in bread while soft wheat is lower in protein and used for crackers, cookies and cakes.