听力原文: Frantic grain dealers shouted sell orders at Midwest commodities exchanges Wedne
Brokers had expected prices to fall due to / President Carter' s embargo on the sale of 17 million metric tons of grain and soybeans ordered by Russia, / in retaliation for Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, / but not as sharply as they did at exchanges in Chicago, / Minneapolis and Kansas City, Mo. /
Less than half a minute into the trading session, / prices for wheat, com and soybeans dropped by the daily limit the exchanges permit / before halting trading in those commodities. /
The decline may hurt many farmers who have held crops off the market, / hoping to get more for their grain, / but it is unclear how consumers will be affected. /
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