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Fresh bread in Egypt. (Goldream/iStock/Getty Images)

Top court in Egypt permits wheat with trace ergot

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 28, 2018

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s top administrative court has ruled that the country should accept wheat with marginal levels of the common grain fungus ergot, a local newspapers said on Sunday, freezing a lower court order to ban the fungus entirely which had vexed traders. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, baffled grain markets when […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn higher on short-covering

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 9, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures gained on Tuesday, after earlier falls, as investors covered short positions and prepared for government crop data due on Friday. Wheat steadied after three sessions of declines and corn bounced from three-week lows. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday is expected to show smaller U.S. […] Read more

Ripe soybeans near Morden, Man. on Sept. 14, 2017. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on seasonal strength, bullish soyoil data

By GFM Network News November 15, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Wednesday on seasonal strength as the Midwest harvest wound down and a jump in soyoil tied to an unexpected monthly drawdown in domestic supplies, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell nearly two per cent, nearing contract lows, in a technical sell-off. Corn futures […] Read more

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

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Egypt court ruling seen reinstating ergot ban in wheat imports

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 14, 2017

Cairo | Reuters — An Egyptian court on Tuesday effectively reinstated a ban on wheat imports containing even trace levels of the common grain fungus ergot, a lawyer who raised the case told Reuters, potentially re-opening a longstanding row over import rules that has disrupted trade. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, issued a decree […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat down on weak export demand

By GFM Network News October 18, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for a third straight day on Wednesday, pressured by plentiful global supplies and strong competition for export business, especially from Russia, traders said. Corn fell, following wheat, and soybeans also declined after a choppy session. Chicago Board of Trade December wheat settled down 4-3/4 cents at $4.30 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures ease, soy firms

By GFM Network News August 16, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures sank to contract lows on Wednesday as ample global supplies provided overseas buyers with cheaper alternatives to U.S. offerings in export deals, traders said. Corn futures also were lower, pressured by the drop in wheat as well as good weather for crop development across the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Egypt court ruling revives row over ergot in wheat

By GFM Network News June 22, 2017

Cairo | Reuters — A court that ordered the suspension of Egypt’s food inspection system based its ruling in part on the quarantine service’s right to ban grain imports with any trace of the ergot fungus, raising the possibility the contested rule could be restored. The government’s new food inspection system simplified trade after a […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Egypt’s wheat imports again uncertain as ergot ban looms

By GFM Network News June 6, 2017

Cairo | Reuters — An Egyptian court has decided to reinstate a zero tolerance policy on common grain fungus ergot, lawyers on the case told Reuters on Tuesday, plunging trade with the world’s largest wheat importer back into uncertainty. Egypt last year scrapped a ban on ergot in grain imports after it effectively halted purchase […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

JBS suspends Brazil beef output amid import bans

By GFM Network News March 23, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s biggest meatpacking company, announced on Thursday it had suspended beef production at 33 of its 36 Brazilian plants amid the corruption scandal that has caused some of the country’s biggest export markets to ban Brazilian meats. Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said a police investigation, which […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Speculation shrouds grain demand, rejections from Egypt

By GFM Network News March 17, 2017

CNS Canada — Egypt, the world’s biggest buyer of wheat, rejected three cargoes of the grain last week — its first rejections since it overhauled its inspection system and relaxed its import policy last fall. Three cargoes of wheat — two Russian, one Argentinian — purchased by Egyptian grain buyer GASC were rejected last week […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Tag Archives Egypt

Top court in Egypt permits wheat with trace ergot

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn higher on short-covering

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on seasonal strength, bullish soyoil data

Egypt court ruling seen reinstating ergot ban in wheat imports

U.S. grains: Wheat down on weak export demand

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures ease, soy firms

Egypt court ruling revives row over ergot in wheat

Egypt’s wheat imports again uncertain as ergot ban looms

JBS suspends Brazil beef output amid import bans

Speculation shrouds grain demand, rejections from Egypt

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