Wheat Morning Update

<div class=\"default-font-wrapper\" style=\"line-height: 1;font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"isPasted\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Wheat Morning Update</span></p><br><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">QT News - Top News</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Grain trade sources Wednesday reported Tunisia state run granary announced Thursday, Dec 19th as the offer deadline in a tender seeking about 100,000 mt of mill grade Wheat and 100,000 mt of Durum Wheat. &nbsp;Depending on origin shipment is expected between Jan 15 and Feb 25th.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- On Wednesday, Japan&#39;s Ag Ministry announced they bought 4,000 mt of feed grade Wheat in a SBS tender that closed today. &nbsp;They had been seeking up to 65,000 mt.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- On Wednesday, Japan&#39;s Ag Ministry reported they did not purchase any feed grade Barley at their SBS tender that closed earlier today. &nbsp;They had been seeking up to 25,000 mt.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- France AgriMer Wednesday lowered their 24/25 MY Soft Wheat exports outside the EU to 3.50 mln mt, down -0.4 mln mt from last month&#39;s outlook</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- France AgriMer Wednesday raised their 24/25 MY Soft Wheat exports inside the EU to 6.16 mln mt, up +0.26 mln mt from last month&#39;s outlook</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- On Wednesday, France AgriMer projected 24/25 Soft Wheat ending stockpiles at 2.87 mln mt that compares with last month&#39;s projection at 2.78 mln mt.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- On Wednesday, France AgriMer projected 24/25 Barley ending stockpiles at 1.38 mln mt that compares with last month&#39;s projection at 1.36 mln mt.</span></p><br><br><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Pending Tenders</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Pending Tender: &nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Filipino</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">&nbsp;traders on Thursday (12/12) announced a snap tender to close&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Thursday, Dec 12th</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">, seeking 60,000 mt of feed&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Wheat</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">. &nbsp;Shipment is expected between March 15 to April 15.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Pending Tender: &nbsp;On Thursday (12/12),&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Jordan</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">&nbsp;announced&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">December 18th</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">&nbsp;as the offer deadline in a tender seeking up to 120,000 mt of feed&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Barley</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">. &nbsp;The grain is expected for shipment between Feb 15 to Apr 15.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Pending Tender: &nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Algeria</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">&nbsp;on Monday (12/16) announced they&#39;re seeking a nominal 50,000 mt of&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Durum Wheat</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">&nbsp;in an upcoming tender, according to trade sources. &nbsp;Offers are due&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Wednesday, Dec 18th, but should remain valid until Thursday, Dec 19th</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">. &nbsp;The grain is for shipment between March 1st through April 30th. &nbsp;Algeria last purchased and estimated 160,000 to 180,000 mt of durum wheat back on Nov 20th. &nbsp;Prices were said to be $348/mt cf for Panamax and $360/mt cf for Handysize cargoes.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Pending Tender: &nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Japan</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">&#39;s Ag Ministry on Tuesday (12/17) announced a regular tender seeking a total of 77,220 mt of Australian and US origin&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Wheat</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">&nbsp;to close on&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Thursday, Dec 19th</span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">. &nbsp;The total includes 21,800 mt of Aussie white, 20,315 mt of US white, 24,360 mt of US HRW wheat. &nbsp;The US grain is for shipment Jan 16 to Feb 15th, the Aussie wheat is for shipment in March.</span></p><br><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Euronext Paris March mill wheat futures on Wednesday are trading +1.00 euro higher at 233.25 euros/mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Outside markets. 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