Fallout from MF Global Collapse Changes Cash Grain Trading Practices

Including more "back to back" transactions and direct contracting by farmers to end users


Agricultural bankers and other players in the world's grain markets say fallout from the collapse of giant broker MF Global is changing cash grain trading and fueling calls for alternatives and reforms.

Trading changes include more "back to back" transactions and more direct contracting by farmers to end users, eliminating middlemen like MF Global, merchandisers say.

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