Egypt: Russian wheat purchased

On October 4, Egypt purchased 240 KMT of milling wheat from Russia for shipment during November 1-10, at the average price of $187.11/MT C&F. The price at the previous tender equaled $187.03/MT C&F. The purchase included: 60 KMT of Russian wheat from Union at $186.32/MT C&F ($177.77/MT FOB with a freight rate of $8.55/MT); 120…

USA: CBOT corn prices down in late September 2016

On September 22-29, CBOT corn prices declined by 2.2%. Last week heavy rains delayed corn harvesting in the USA. Farmers threshed corn from 15% of the intended area (16% in 2015), which was 4% below the five-year average. However, favorable weather conditions established in many producing regions, which allowed increasing the harvesting pace, and pressured…