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  • Bin-Busting Global Wheat Supplies

    Jen Skerritt - Megan Durisin, Bloomberg View|Jul 28, 2016

    Canada’s wheat farmers still have more than a month before they start the bulk of this season’s grain harvest, but they’re already worried about where to store a bumper crop. Even though growers planted less after prices fell last year, beneficial weather boosted the outlook for yields across Canada’s Prairies. The potential for near-record output means farmers are stocking up on grain bags to store wheat on the ground amid expectations that bins and silos will be overflowing. “There’s such a demand because the crop looks so big this year,...