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

Egypt appoints new top wheat buyer

By GFM Network News July 4, 2016

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt appointed a new head on Sunday for its state wheat-importing body — one of the most influential positions in the global wheat market — as it remains mired in a dispute over the quality of grain it will buy. Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafi told Reuters Ahmed Youssef has been […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Egypt’s parliament to look into wheat fraud allegations

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 29, 2016

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s parliament has set up a fact-finding commission that will look into allegations of corruption in local wheat procurement. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, this month announced a government-led inspection of wheat silos after an unusually high procurement figure prompted allegations of possible fraud from top industry officials, traders and […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters

‘Unorthodox’ agriculture policies seen costing Egypt

By GFM Network News June 16, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Egypt, the world’s top wheat importer, faces US$860 million in extra costs and lost export opportunities this year because of “unorthodox agricultural measures,” including a zero-tolerance policy on ergot fungus in wheat, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday in a report. The report, from a USDA attache in Cairo, criticized […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Egypt returns to zero tolerance of ergot in wheat

By GFM Network News June 8, 2016

Abu Dhabi/Cairo | Reuters — Egypt has rejected two shipments of wheat for containing trace levels of the ergot fungus, backtracking on a government pledge to apply international standards and alarming traders looking to do business with the world’s largest buyer of the grain. Earlier this year traders boycotted state wheat tenders after the country’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Egypt quarantine authority to ban ergot until new laws passed

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 8, 2016

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s agriculture quarantine authority will continue to apply a zero ergot policy on wheat shipments until new legislation is issued, the new head of the authority told Reuters on Tuesday. Former quarantine chief Saad Moussa’s zero-tolerance policy on common grains fungus ergot resulted in shipments to the world’s biggest importer of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Egypt to allow trace ergot in wheat

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 7, 2016

Cairo | Reuters –– Egypt will allow wheat imports with trace levels of the ergot fungus of up to 0.05 per cent, the agriculture ministry said Monday, a day after the head of its agriculture quarantine authority was changed. Former quarantine head Saad Moussa’s zero tolerance policy on ergot had led to shipments to the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Egypt replaces head of agriculture quarantine authority

By GFM Network News March 7, 2016

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt has appointed a new head of its agriculture quarantine authority, the ministry of agriculture said on Sunday, replacing Saad Moussa, who has been at the centre of a controversy over the country’s wheat imports. As head of the agricultural quarantine agency Moussa imposed a zero tolerance policy on ergot, a […] Read more

Cereals, Reuters

Egypt’s Agriculture Ministry to keep sending wheat inspectors abroad

By GFM Network News March 4, 2016

Abu Dhabi/Reuters – The Agriculture Ministry of Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, said on Friday it would continue to send experts to inspect government wheat purchases at ports of origin. Sources had told Reuters on Thursday that the agricultural quarantine authority was considering halting inspections abroad. “The central administration of the agriculture quarantine will continue […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canadian wheat rejected in Egypt re-exported to Europe

By GFM Network News March 3, 2016

Abu Dhabi | Reuters — A shipment of Canadian wheat rejected in Egypt over concerns it contained traces of ergot has been re-exported to Europe after Egypt’s agricultural quarantine rejected a petition from the supplier, trade sources said Thursday. Egypt’s quarantine authority has rejected a series of wheat shipments over traces of the common grain […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Egypt writes to wheat suppliers on ergot, hoping to win confidence

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 17, 2016

Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt’s Agriculture Ministry sent a letter to traders saying it will allow an ergot fungus tolerance level of 0.05 per cent in wheat imports, hoping suppliers will make offers in international purchase tenders for the strategic grain. Disputes about ergot content level have disrupted top buyer Egypt’s wheat imports in […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Feeder contracts set fresh highs

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Tag Archives Egypt

Egypt appoints new top wheat buyer

Egypt’s parliament to look into wheat fraud allegations

‘Unorthodox’ agriculture policies seen costing Egypt

Egypt returns to zero tolerance of ergot in wheat

Egypt quarantine authority to ban ergot until new laws passed

Egypt to allow trace ergot in wheat

Egypt replaces head of agriculture quarantine authority

Egypt’s Agriculture Ministry to keep sending wheat inspectors abroad

Canadian wheat rejected in Egypt re-exported to Europe

Egypt writes to wheat suppliers on ergot, hoping to win confidence

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