Agriculture-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have witnessed high investment inflows in the first half of 2011, Risk.net reports. ETFs linked to wheat received $72 million inflows, while ETFs based on leveraged wheat acquired $77 million inflows. The trend follows the low or stretched inventory levels of soft commodities. Agriculture exchange-traded products’ assets rose to $15.7 billion at the end of June 2011 as compared to $11.6 billion in 2010, according to BlackRock.

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