Germany Buys U.S. Wheat for First Time in 3 Years as Local Quality Wilts

Wheat buyers in Germany are purchasing U.S. spring wheat with protein content of 13.5 percent as a result of the “poor quality” of the local harvest, French farm adviser Agritel said.

Germany is buying U.S. wheat for the first time in three years, the Paris-based adviser said on its website today, without saying where it got the information.

To contact the reporter on this story: Rudy Ruitenberg in Paris at rruitenberg@bloomberg.net.

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