Summary Box: Wheat price falls as weather improves

The Associated Press

RAINS IN THE PLAINS: Recent rainfall in key growing states has made investors more optimistic about this year's wheat crop. The rain comes just as wheat is ending its winter dormancy period and needs moisture.

GRAIN PRICES: Wheat for May delivery fell 19.75 cents to settle at $6.3975 a bushel. Corn and soybeans also fell, but not as much.

NATURAL GAS SLUMP: Warm weather and oversupplies have caused natural gas prices to plunge. Natural gas futures fell 1.8 cents to $2.21 per 1,000 cubic feet, a 10-year low and half of what it cost in July.