Insights and Stories of Gus Trompiz

France seeks lost wheat protein; exporter ranking at stake

Oct. 28, 2013 at 1:19 pm CDT

The lowest level of protein in French wheat for years has drawn the government into a debate on tackling a decline in crop quality that producers and traders fear will cost the European Union’s top exporter lucrative overseas sales. Protein content is a basic measure of wheat’s suitability for making […]

France clears use of frozen funds to export food to Syria

Sep. 24, 2013 at 6:15 am CDT

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French durum exporters scale up to meet Canadian competition

Jul. 5, 2013 at 3:44 pm CDT

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Brazil threatens WTO action over BSE restrictions

Dec. 22, 2012 at 1:37 am CST

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France calls emergency G20 ag meeting for mid-October

Sep. 17, 2012 at 5:37 pm CDT

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World powers eye emergency food meeting; action doubted

Aug. 14, 2012 at 9:17 am CDT

Leading members of the Group of 20 nations are prepared to trigger an emergency meeting to address soaring grain prices caused by the worst U.S. drought in more than half a century and poor crops from the Black Sea bread basket. France, the United States and G20 president Mexico will […]

By Gus Trompiz Nigel Hunt

Commodity storm leaves food concerns intact

May. 6, 2011 at 5:18 pm CDT

This week’s commodities plunge has done little to dent concerns of continuing food price inflation, as grain prices held up better than most and fundamentals for the highly weather-sensitive sector are unchanged. Grain traders have had their eyes glued to weather forecasts rather than economic data, as heavy rainfall slows […]

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