Wheat

Global Grain Glut To Persist With Second-Biggest Crop On Record

A global grain glut that has dragged prices down in the past three years will persist next season as harvests expand to the second-highest on record, accor...

Modified Crops Not Seen Adding To Human Health Risks, Study Says

Foods produced from genetically engineered crops don’t pose additional health risks to humans compared with their conventionally bred counterparts, a...

Britain Is Sending Biggest Ever Wheat Shipment To The U.S.

Britain is about to ship its largest wheat cargo to America in at least two decades. About 61,000 metric tons of the grain at the U.K.’s Port of B...

Cancerous Bread Scare Entangles Egypt's Effort To End Wheat Spat

Hoda El-Sayed is afraid to feed bread to her kids. The 43-year-old teacher and mother of three has seen news reports that the daily staple sold by Egypt...

Egypt Replaces Agriculture Quarantine Head After Wheat Feud

The head of the quarantine office at Egypt’s agriculture ministry was removed in a "restructuring" of several departments, as the world&rsq...

Morocco Prays To Save Wheat Fields After Catastrophic Drought

Morocco’s drought has probably wiped out half of its wheat harvest – devastating a country where even the King has called on the nation to pray...

Best French Wheat Crop In Five Years Puts A Record Harvest In Sight

French wheat is in the best shape in at least five years and farmers have planted more acreage than anytime in the past six decades – evidence that t...

Egypt Buys Romanian Wheat As Traders See Risks After Fungus Row

Egypt’s state grain buyer purchased 60,000 metric tonnes of Romanian wheat Friday, after failing to buy twice last week when traders held back or rai...