Insights and Stories on Egypt

Top court in Egypt permits wheat with trace ergot

May. 28, 2018 at 8:10 pm CDT

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 […]

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

Jan. 9, 2018 at 6:34 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

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

Nov. 15, 2017 at 6:27 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Egypt court ruling seen reinstating ergot ban in wheat imports

Nov. 14, 2017 at 5:36 pm CST

By Reuters

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

Oct. 18, 2017 at 7:05 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

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

Aug. 16, 2017 at 3:31 pm CDT

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 […]

By Mark Weinraub

Egypt court ruling revives row over ergot in wheat

Jun. 22, 2017 at 1:44 pm CDT

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 […]

By Arwa Gaballa Eric Knecht

Egypt’s wheat imports again uncertain as ergot ban looms

Jun. 6, 2017 at 5:56 pm CDT

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 […]

By Eric Knecht maha-el-dahan

JBS suspends Brazil beef output amid import bans

Mar. 23, 2017 at 7:17 pm CDT

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 […]

By Brad Haynes Tatiana Bautzer

Speculation shrouds grain demand, rejections from Egypt

Mar. 17, 2017 at 8:14 pm CDT

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 […]

By Jade Markus

« Previous 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 9 Next »