Hubei’s grain stockpiling agency released its initial report on the quality of recently harvested wheat which showed a large decrease in quality and a large increase in sprouted grains.
As noted in yesterday’s email about the rapeseed quality survey, the data seems to understate the problems in the crop. There were several weeks following harvest when stockpilers were trying to purchase grain, but none was being sold, likely because it couldn’t meet stockpiling standards. Stockpilers had to rais...