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Sunset in Egypt on the Nile River south of Luxor. (CIA.gov)

Egypt cancels zero-ergot wheat policy amid mounting pressure

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 21, 2016

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt has reversed its controversial zero-tolerance policy on the common grains fungus ergot, the government said on Wednesday, backtracking on an import regulation that had all but blocked its access to global wheat. Egypt, the world’s largest buyer of wheat, has seen its imports grind to a halt since it imposed

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Harvest delays spark soybean rally

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub September 20, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 1.7 per cent on Tuesday, hitting a nearly one-month high on strong export demand and as rains delayed harvest in key production areas of the U.S. Midwest, traders said. The delays also supported corn futures, while wheat rose on technical buying and short-covering. Both

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on technical buying

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel September 19, 2016

Reuters — U.S. soybeans rose on Monday for a third straight session, boosted by strength in vegetable oil markets and technical buying. Corn turned higher on chart-based buying and Chicago wheat finished mixed, held in check by an ongoing disruption in Egyptian wheat imports. Chicago November soybean futures climbed 6-1/2 cents, or 0.8 per cent,

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy up on rebound after three-day slide

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen September 15, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday, snapping a three-day slide on bargain buying and signs of fresh export demand, traders said. But corn and wheat futures fell, pressured by prospects for huge grain supplies as the U.S. autumn harvest got underway. At the Chicago Board of Trade, November soybeans settled up

A Russian grain terminal at the Port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. (NMTP.info)

Cereals, Crops

Russia may ban Egyptian citrus amid wheat dispute

By GFM Network News, Polina Devitt September 13, 2016

Moscow/Cairo | Reuters — Russia threatened to ban Egyptian citrus imports on Tuesday, a move that could escalate a trade dispute over exports of Russian wheat to the world’s largest importer of the grain. Moscow said this week it hopes to hold talks with Egypt, its top buyer, over Cairo’s failure to approve Russian wheat

Crops

Health ministry decision makes zero ergot Egypt’s new normal

By GFM Network News, Maha El Dahan September 6, 2016

Abu Dhabi/Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s health ministry banned wheat with any ergot fungus on Monday, a decision traders said signals the zero tolerance policy that wreaked havoc on the country’s grain purchases earlier this year is back to stay. The decree, seen by Reuters, brings the ministry in line with an agriculture ministry decree

(Photo courtesy Water Management Research Unit, ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Bargain buyers boost corn, wheat from multi-year lows

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel September 1, 2016

Reuters — Chicago corn and wheat rose on Thursday as investors covered short positions and bought at bargain prices after the grains plumbed multi-year lows during eight-day skids on prospects of abundant U.S. and world supplies. Most-active soybeans edged higher, halting a seven-day losing streak under pressure from an expected record U.S. crop. Chicago Board

Crops

Egypt’s GASC cancels wheat tender as ergot policy bites

By GFM Network News, Maha El Dahan August 31, 2016

Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt’s ability to buy wheat from abroad while demanding zero ergot fungus in shipments was dealt a serious blow on Wednesday, with state grain buyer GASC cancelling its tender after receiving just one offer. It was the country’s first tender to purchase wheat since it reinstated its zero-tolerance ergot policy

Crops

Egypt bans ergot in wheat, again

By GFM Network News, Maha El Dahan August 29, 2016

Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt reinstated on Sunday a controversial ban on wheat shipments containing even the slightest amount of a common grain fungus, baffling traders who had returned to the Egyptian market just last month when the ban was lifted. The world’s largest wheat importer said on Sunday it was re-introducing its zero

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps to new 10-year low on ample supplies

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen August 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for a sixth consecutive session to hit a new 10-year low on Monday, as ample global stocks and a regulatory clamp-down from the world’s largest buyer of the grain dragged on prices. Corn set a seven-year low and soybeans also declined, pressured by prospects for large U.S.

Daily Network News

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Egypt cancels zero-ergot wheat policy amid mounting pressure

U.S. grains: Harvest delays spark soybean rally

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soy up on rebound after three-day slide

Russia may ban Egyptian citrus amid wheat dispute

Health ministry decision makes zero ergot Egypt’s new normal

U.S. grains: Bargain buyers boost corn, wheat from multi-year lows

Egypt’s GASC cancels wheat tender as ergot policy bites

Egypt bans ergot in wheat, again

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps to new 10-year low on ample supplies

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