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Canada, which has got into difficulty meeting Japanese wheat import term, has regained favour with the world's top buyer, winning its first shipments to Egypt through tender in four months. Egypt's main state-run grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (Gasc), said after its second wheat tender in less than a week that it was to take 170,000 tonnes of the cereal, with origin

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CHICAGO (AP) - Grains futures traded mixed Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery gained 4.25 cents at $8.67 a bushel; March corn added 8 cents at $7.0650 a bushel; March oats fell 1 cent at $4.18 a bushel; while soybeans for March delivery fell 17 cents at $14.16 a bushel. Beef and pork traded mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. April live cattle fell 0.37 cent

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The government today allowed the export of three varieties of non-basmati rice grown in the southern states in anticipation of bumper crop production this year. Partially lifting a three-year old ban, the government has permitted exports of 'Ponni Samba' and 'Matta' varieties of basmati, subject to a cap of 25,000 tonnes each, while shipments of 'Sona Masuri' have been permitted with a cap of

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Wheat futures traded slightly positive on Thursday in a very narrow range. The movement was restricted by the revised production estimates and the sluggish spot market activities. This kept the prices away from any steep losses or gains. U.S. wheat futures declined towards the yesterdays closing due to the strong dollar and the liquidation f the positions. There are no fundamentals which is

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Wheat yesterday traded with the negative node and settled -0.06% down at 1306 on reduced offtake against adequate stocks. We are likely to achieve record production of wheat (81.47 MT), pulses (16.51MT) and cotton (33.9 million bales of 170 kg each) this year," agriculture minister Sharad Pawar told. In Delhi wheat prices gained 4.4 rupee to end at 1330 rupees per 10 kg. In yesterday's

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Hanoi - Vietnam, the world's second-largest rice exporter, plans to stockpile 1 million tons of rice to help sustain the market for farmers amid low prices, authorities said Friday. Truong Thanh Phong, chairman of Vietnam Food Association said the plan was agreed between the association and its 60 members Thursday. Exporters have not been eager to buy rice from farmers because they have

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The government today allowed the export of three varieties of non-basmati rice grown in the southern states in anticipation of bumper crop production this year. Partially lifting a three-year old ban, the government has permitted exports of 'Ponni Samba' and 'Matta' varieties of basmati, subject to a cap of 25,000 tonnes each, while shipments of 'Sona Masuri' have been permitted with a cap of

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Vietnam plans to increase its rice exports this year in a move to assist farmers. Truong Thanh Phong, chairman of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), told yesterday meeting that besides exporting to Indonesia and Bangladesh, VFA would try to secure orders from Cuba, Iraq, Malaysia and the Philippines. Mr. Phong stated that Vietnamese rice has an advantage over Thai and Pakistani rice as it is

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U.S. wheat futures stumbled on a strong dollar and profit taking after Wednesday's gains. The Wednesday rally was due more to corn's strength rather than a fundamental change in the outlook for wheat. While supplies for grains generally are tight, analysts add that wheat appears to have the least upside. KCBT wheat ended down 20 cents to $9.68 and MGEX wheat settled down 12 1/4 cents to $10.14 3

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Rice, the staple food for half the world, may advance following a rally in wheat prices as consumers seek alternatives, according to Robert Zeigler, director general of the International Rice Research Institute. “If wheat production falls, people will have to substitute with something in their diet: rice is the easiest one,” Zeigler said in an interview on Bloomberg Television today. There are

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Wheat futures plunged the most since November on speculation that the highest prices in 29 months will slow demand and encourage farmers to plant more. U.S. exporters sold 507,310 metric tons in the week ended Feb. 3, down 10 percent from a week earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today. U.S. spring-wheat planting begins in April, and the area sown with winter wheat for this year’s

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New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) Rice exporters today demanded that the government allow exports of premium varieties of non-basmati rice grown in north such as ''Sugandha'' and ''Sharbati'' on the lines of the decision taken with regard to South Indian varieties yesterday. "The decision taken by the government seems to be an incomplete decision and this will benefit states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala,

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FEW commodities are impervious to the “China effect”—the upward pressure on prices from rampant demand in the world’s bounciest big economy. Coffee is one: few Chinese drink the stuff. Wheat has been another. China is the world’s biggest producer, remaining largely self-sufficient by growing some 18% of the global harvest. Higher prices have been caused by growing appetites and supply disruptions

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* European milling wheat futures retreat slightly in middaydeals on Thursday, handing back some gains from the previoussession after a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report. * Dollar's strength against the euro weighed on Chicagoovernight, but traders said fundamentals remained supportive,dealers said. [GRA/] * "We are still digesting yesterday's USDA report," a

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KORAPUT: Shortage of land has hit rice-research hard at the Regional Research and Technology Transfer Sub-Station (RRTTS) at Jeypore. Officials said RRTTS, which is run by the OUAT, Bhubaneswar, had 27 acres of land to carry out rice research. However, this has drastically come down due to illegal encroachments and government projects. In late 80s at least three acres of land of the RRTTS

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Pakistan, the world’s third-largest rice exporter, may ship 11 percent less of the grain this year after floods destroyed standing crop, a traders’ group said. “We may export as much as 4 million tons in the year ending June 30 because the floods washed away 700,000 tons of the crop,” Irfan Ahmed Sheikh, chairman of the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan, said in an interview by phone from

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On record production of wheat and pulses, India's foodgrain output overall in the 2010-11 crop year is expected to be right on track following a drought year with a growth of 6 per cent at 232.07 MT. "We are likely to achieve record production of wheat (81.47 MT), pulses (16.51MT) and cotton (33.9 million bales of 170 kg each) this year," agriculture minister Sharad Pawar told

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The Philippine government will be buying less than one million metric tons of rice for 2011, with initial purchases to be made within the first quarter, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said on Wednesday. “What is recommended is about 1.3 million metric tons. But we’re confident we will not fill that volume,” Alcala told reporters. Field reports indicate that “we might have robust harvest

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Wheat futures traded positive on Wednesday due to emergence of fresh buying on the futures platform. The movement was restricted to a very narrow range as the spot market activities were sluggish across the major markets. The absence of the buyers kept the spot prices steady. U.S. wheat futures rallied to their highest point in nearly 30 months on global supply concerns. CBOT March wheat ended

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The government wants the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) to buy millions of tons of rice from farmers to secure a steady supply of the staple food and curb further price increases. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa said that Bulog, which maintains the government’s rice reserve, would need to procure at least 3.5 million tons of rice during the February and April harvests to

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Global wheat harvests may trail demand for a second year, spurring hoarding and further price gains, said the United Nations. “Whenever you get the market as tight as we are now, hoarding becomes widespread,” Abdolreza Abbassian, a senior economist at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, said in an interview. Wheat, corn and soybeans soared to the highest levels since 2008

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Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- China, the largest wheat consumer, says the drought in the country’s main growing region may be prolonged, as prices surge to a record. About 115.95 million mu (7.73 million hectares) of wheat, or 42 percent of the total planted in the eight major producing provinces, is affected by the dry spell that may last into the spring, Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu said in a

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* First govt deal to import rice from Thailand * Aims to boost reserves amid record global food prices DHAKA: Bangladesh will buy 200,000 tonnes of parboiled rice from Thailand, the world’s top rice exporter, as it seeks to ensure supplies of the staple in the face of record food prices, a Bangladesh food ministry official said. The official, who declined to be identified, did not give

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Prolonged winter in northern India, rising global demand and government’s thrust are expected to push up the country’s wheat, cotton and pulses production to a record level this year, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said on Tuesday. India’s wheat production is estimated to reach an all-time high of 81.47 million tonne. Overall foodgrain is expected to rise to 232.07 million tonne this year,

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Feb 9 (Reuters) - Indonesia on Wednesday aimed to lift its rice stockpiles by a third as it struggles to fight food inflation, though steady buying by top importer the Philippines and a bumper crop from top exporterThailand may ease market pressure. Traders said other governments in the region and further afield may also look to increase stocks despite ample supplies in Thailand and No. 2

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