Insights and Stories of Michael Hogan

Feb. 25, 2022 at 3:06 pm CST

Hamburg/Paris | Reuters — Grain exporters are looking for alternative sources of wheat and corn as a Russian invasion cuts off Ukrainian supplies, with European Union producers Romania and France being used to cover some nearby loadings, traders said Friday. The conflict has rattled grain markets, with European wheat futures […]

By Gus Trompiz, Michael Hogan

Sep. 10, 2020 at 4:31 pm CDT

Berlin/Hamburg | Reuters — Germany confirmed on Thursday that African swine fever (ASF) had been found in a dead wild boar near its border with Poland, threatening pork exports to China from Europe’s biggest pork producer, which were worth US$1.2 billion last year. Authorities in the German state of Brandenburg […]

By Michael Hogan, Thomas Escritt

Aug. 10, 2018 at 4:57 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters – Drought and a heatwave that scorched fields in northern Europe may cut the European Union’s wheat export surplus and the bloc will need to consume more of its own grains, experts said on Friday. French analysts Strategie Grains forecast a 10 percent smaller EU soft wheat […]

By Gus Trompiz, Michael Hogan, Nigel Hunt

Aug. 9, 2018 at 10:42 am CDT

Hamburg | London | Reuters – Livestock and dairy farmers across northern Europe are paying soaring prices for straw used in food and bedding for cattle, as hot, dry weather across the region reduces crops. The higher bills put further pressure on farmers already facing one of their toughest summers […]

By Michael Hogan, Nigel Hunt

Aug. 7, 2018 at 4:32 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters – Saudi Arabia’s main state wheat buying agency has told grains exporters it will no longer buy Canadian wheat and barley in its international tenders, European traders said on Tuesday, as a diplomatic dispute between the two countries escalates. Traders said they had received an official notice […]

By Michael Hogan