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corn exchange

{{Short description|Building where farmers and merchants traded cereal grains}}

{{For|the defunct US bank|Corn Exchange Bank}}

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A corn exchange is a building where merchants trade grains. The word "corn" in British English denotes all cereal grains, such as wheat and barley; in the United States these buildings were called grain exchanges. Such trade was common in towns and cities across the British Isles until the 19th century, but as the trade became centralised in the 20th century many such buildings were used for other purposes. Several have since become historical landmarks.

In the United States, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange is still used to manage the commodities and futures exchange of grain products.{{cite web|url=https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/imo/media/doc/REPORTExcessiveSpecullationintheWheatMarketwoexhibitschartsJune2409.pdf?attempt=2|title=Excessive speculation in the wheat market|date=June 24, 2009|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=14 June 2023}}

History in England

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Corn exchanges were initially held as open markets normally controlled by the town or city authorities. Dedicated corn exchanges start appearing in the earlier part of the 18th century, increasing greatly following the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846.{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tKZAjlzAwK0C&pg=PA188 |title=London, 1808–1870: The Infernal Wen |first=Francis Henry Wollaston |last=Sheppard|page=188|publisher=University of California Press|year=1971|isbn=978-0520018471}} They declined after the Great Depression of British Agriculture in the late 19th century.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=obn5AQAAQBAJ|first=T. W. |last=Fletcher|title= 'The Great Depression of English Agriculture 1873-1896' in British Agriculture 1875-1914 |location=London|publisher= Methuen|year= 1973|isbn=978-1136581182|page= 31}}

List of corn exchanges

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See also: Corn exchanges in England

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