However, the proteins that make the corn resistant to the beetle are also impervious to stomach acids, giving it chemical properties similar to those of known food allergens. 710 TMT, SW up 160 TMT, with nominal changes on SRW and durum. Feed use was increased 680 TMT to 6.80 MMT, with total domestic use up likewise. Still, stocks levels remain burdensome even when compared with 25.85 MMT last year and 25.74 the year previous. The picture for our primary competitors was mixed.
Rumors persist that significant Canadian tonnage is weather damaged.
Additionally, no strong rain-producing system is in sight for the region for the next week. Time is running out for planting, as M November weather will likely be too cool for seeds to germinate. Meanwhile, precipitation will be above normal for much of the West Coast, the Midwest, Texas, and New England, but precipitation levels will be below normal for the Mid- Atlantic states. Some of the nation's leading wheat research universities have joined together to form the Great Plains Cereal Grains Biotechnology Consortium. Joining in the effort is Kansas State University, the University of Nebraska and Oklahoma State University.