CILSS, an intergovernmental body responsible for the region's food security, significant amounts of grain have this year been flowing in the opposite direction.

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This summer the exchange announced it would electronically list agricultural contracts and futures from two Midwest grain exchanges, in Kansas City, Mo. and Minneapolis--which themselves have inched in a digital direction.

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This summer the exchange announced it would electronically list agricultural contracts and futures from two Midwest grain exchanges, in Kansas City, Missouri and Minneapolis, Minnesota--which themselves have inched in a digital direction.

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