The Minneapolis based company Ceres Global Ag Corp has agreed to pay a $3 million fine to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for attempting to manipulate the oats futures contracts in 2016 and 2017. A CFTC order indicated senior personnel at Ceres knew about and facilitated the building of large long positions to obtain higher quality oats at lower delivery prices. Ceres has made significant changes to ensure future compliance.
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