Insights and Stories on Ergot

Aug. 29, 2016 at 7:09 pm CDT

Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt reinstated on Sunday a controversial ban on wheat shipments containing even the slightest amount of a common grain fungus, baffling traders who had returned to the Egyptian market just last month when the ban was lifted. The world’s largest wheat importer said on Sunday […]

By Eric Knecht, maha-el-dahan

Aug. 29, 2016 at 6:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for a sixth consecutive session to hit a new 10-year low on Monday, as ample global stocks and a regulatory clamp-down from the world’s largest buyer of the grain dragged on prices. Corn set a seven-year low and soybeans also declined, pressured […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Aug. 16, 2016 at 12:34 pm CDT

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt has tightened its agriculture quarantine regulations, imposing a rule that will prevent grain shipments suspected of contamination from being offloaded until they receive test results, according to a letter sent to traders Monday. The rule comes just one month after the world’s biggest wheat buyer […]

By Reuters

Jul. 19, 2016 at 2:48 pm CDT

The Beef Cattle Research Council has posted a blog warning producers to be on the lookout for ergot this year. “Over the past few weeks, Mother Nature has provided us with the rain and cool conditions which have created the environment for ergot infections to occur. These cool, wet conditions have […]

By Staff

Jul. 11, 2016 at 10:04 am CDT

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt will allow up to 0.05 per cent ergot, a common grains fungus, in wheat shipments beginning on Tuesday, confirming the end of a months-long standoff just before the country re-enters the international wheat market. Reuters exclusively reported on July 4 that a ministerial decree would […]

By Reuters