21.   Hsieh and a dozen other farmers formed a cooperative to buy processing equipment that enables them to sell grain directly to supermarkets and bypass the powerful middlemen.

22.   Some farmers want to sell their grain outside the wheat board to take advantage of market upswings.

23.   The bumper harvest has prompted the government to give farmers the choice of selling their grain to state or local market.

24.   The summer harvest is nearly completed in China and farmers have begun selling grain to state-owned warehouses.

25.   The United States will triple the information it collects on imported Canadian wheat to determine whether the grain is being sold below cost.

26.   While the grain can wait, some farmers may face additional trouble and expense both in selling their grain and making sure they have fertilizer for spring planting.

27.   Traditional patrons Russia and China have also stopped selling grain to North Korea at preferential prices.

28.   Marubeni will have an exclusive right to sell the grain, he said.