"First published 1999 by LLP Reference Publishing"--Title page verso.

Types of cereals and rice : their history -- The techniques of cereal and rice husbandry and production methods, harvesting and storage. Cereals as livestock feed -- Value-added products of grain : flour, malt, starch, semolina and by-products. Industrial uses -- The role of brokers and merchants, corn exchanges and futures markets -- The influence of WTO on global grain trade -- Soya and oilseed -- World production -- The pattern of world trade -- Northern hemisphere grains : production, consumption, trade and prices -- Southern hemisphere grains : production, consumption, trade and prices -- The importance of the developing countries -- Ship types and sizes employed to carry grain -- Problems associated with the carriage of grain by sea -- Grain loading and unloading, major ports and terminals -- Freight rates, charter markets and charterparties -- Inland waterways and river transport, the value and impact of waterway transportation in the Mid-west -- Shipping to the developing world -- The multinational shippers and trading houses -- International Maritime Organisation legislation -- The US Federal Grain Inspection Service -- Contracts and arbitration -- Forty years of the European Union grain market -- The fifth and final enlargement -- The US Farm Act -- Environmental considerations and biotechnology -- Future trends and the demographic time-bomb.

Grain is one of the most important commodities shipped around the world and one of the most unpredictable markets to trade in. This publication combines an overview of the market, the problems of carriage by sea and the legislative environment to bring a useful handbook to all those concerned with the care, sale and delivery of this cargo.

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