Frantic grain dealers shouted sell orders at Midwest commodities exchanges Wednesday / when the government lifted a two-day trad

Frantic grain dealers shouted sell orders at Midwest commodities exchanges Wednesday / when the government lifted a two-day trading freeze. / But no one was buying and prices plunged. /
     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. /