Milling Wheat Offers for Russian and Ukrainian wheat have disappeared. The new crop Russian wheat is offered at $285 for 12.5 percent protein and at $275 for 11.5 percent protein.The Egyptian GASC purchased 60,000 MT of US SRW at $296.75 with the freight at $28.85. The purchase was for April 10-20 shipment. The GASC skipped the May 20-April 10 positions, which may be a sign that the financial constraints experienced by the Egyptian government are reducing the wheat import program. Only U.S. SRW was offered in this tender. The trade preferred not even to offer other origins, as U.S. SRW is by far the cheapest option.The EU allocated 589,000 MT of wheat export licenses this week, bringing the total to 12.7 MMT (excluding flour) versus 7.6...
Key Takeaways: Brazil confirmed a Newcastle disease outbreak at a commercial turkey farm in Santa Catarina on 18 October, raising concerns about potential disruptions to poultry exports despite the outbreak being confined to a single facility thus far. Mexico and Malaysia have imposed nationwi...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s smaller wheat farmers have been holding protests to complain about the lack of a support price for wheat and the potential expansion of GMO crop production. They also want the reinstatement of PASSCO, the governme...
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