Japan receives no offers for regular feed-wheat, barley tender

• The ministry had sought 120,000 tonnes of feed wheat and 200,000 tonnes of feed barley to be loaded by Feb. 15 and arrive in Japan by March 19 in the tender.
• Japan buys and sells its feed wheat and barley via so-called SBS auctions, in which end-users and importers specify the origin.

The ministry had sought 120,000 tonnes of feed wheat and 200,000 tonnes of feed barley to be loaded by Feb. 15 and arrive in Japan by March 19 in the tender.

Japan buys and sells its feed wheat and barley via so-called SBS auctions, in which end-users and importers specify the origin, price and quantity of grain, allowing millers to meet their varied needs for the feed grain.