The lack of price action recently has been so dull, that the grain trade are acting like door-to-door salesmen in their efforts to try to create a market. They say anything is possible in the USA... A microwaved egg has been the subject of an American lawsuit where a customer bit into an egg resulting in burns and hearing loss due to the massive ‘pop’.
Last Friday, UK May wheat futures closed down £0.60 at £145.65, the same day that Vivergo announced that they were to bring forward and extend their `annual maintenance’ due to low biofuel prices and low profit margins. They also took a swipe at ‘government inaction’ regarding its failure to legislate for E10 (10% bioethanol and 90% petrol).