Insights and Stories on Black Sea

Mar. 13, 2023 at 2:18 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — Moscow is suggesting to renew a deal allowing the safe export of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports — but only for a period of 60 days, half the term of the previous renewal, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said on Monday. Vershinin’s statement came […]

By Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber

Mar. 10, 2023 at 8:15 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Hawkish comments from the chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve and the possible renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative brought down wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Thursday — and, in turn, pressured western Canadian wheat bids. In front of […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures closed higher on Friday, boosted by a weaker U.S. dollar, after hitting a 20-month low, while corn futures rose from a seven-month low. The markets recovered after a week that saw expectations for an extended Black Sea export deal and a lower U.S. […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Mar. 8, 2023 at 7:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures on Wednesday fell to their lowest point in 18 months on expectations for a Black Sea grains deal and continued poor demand for U.S. exports. “Wheat was down most of the day, initially on talk of corridor extension talks, then off a lackluster […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Mar. 8, 2023 at 2:59 pm CST

Rabat/Paris | Reuters — Morocco, a major cereal importer, has modified its wheat import subsidy scheme to make it easier for companies to bring in cargoes from the Black Sea region, an official at state grain agency ONICL said on Wednesday. The revision, also reported by traders, means that as […]

By Ahmed Eljechtimi, Gus Trompiz