NEW YORK (AP) — Wheat prices advanced on concern that dry weather conditions in the plains region will harm this year’s crop. The grain recorded its biggest weekly advance since last year’s drought.

The price of wheat has been recovering this week following a sell-off that began in early December. This year’s crop in the U.S. may be hurt by a lack of rain in the Great Plains region and dry weather in Australia, where it is now summer, may also damage the harvest there.