WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — The preliminary national average price received by farmers for all wheat in April was $7.52 per bushel, down 26¢ from $7.78 in March but up 41¢ from $7.11 in April 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Agricultural Prices Report. 

The average price paid for winter wheat in April was $7.31 per bushel, down 31¢ from $7.62 in March but up 84¢ from $6.47 in April 2012. The average price paid for durum was $7.76 per bushel, down 36¢ from $8.12 in March and down $1.46 from $9.22 in April 2012. Spring wheat other than durum averaged $7.80 per bushel, down 15¢ from $7.95 in March and down 16¢ from $7.96 in April 2012. 

The average price paid for all rice was $15.30 a cwt, up 30¢ from $15 in March and up 90¢ from $14.40 in April 2012. 

The April index of prices received by farmers for food grains was 243 compared with the 1990-92 base of 100, down 2% from 248 in March but up 6% from 229 in April 2012. 

The April index of feed grains was 288, down 6% from 306 in March but up 6% from 273 in April 2012. The average price paid to farmers for corn was $6.67 per bushel, down 46¢ from $7.13 in March but up 33¢ from $6.34 in April 2012. Farmers received an average of $11.40 a cwt for grain sorghum in April, down 80¢ from $12.20 in March but up 80¢ from $10.60 in April 2012. The average price paid for oats in April was $4.20 a bushel, up 1¢ from March and up 36¢ from $3.84 in April 2012. 

The index of April prices received for oilseeds was 247, down 3% from 254 in March but unchanged from April 2012. Farmers received an average of $14.20 a bushel for soybeans in April, down 40¢ from $14.60 in March but up 40¢ from $13.80 in April 2012.