date:Jan 22, 2014
rTuesday-closing tender to purchase a total of 49,935 tonnes ofCanadian Western Red Spring wheat.
A ministry official said the supplementary tender was doneas the ministry bought a total of 55,263 tonnes of Western RedSpring in a regular tender that closed last Thursday, which wasbelow of 105,198 tonnes that was originally targeted.
The latest tender was aimed to secure what we need as wehear that it is getting difficult to secure shipment of Canadianwheat due in part to winter weather, he sa