Insights and Stories on Grain Exports

Bans on Ukrainian grain imports mount as Kyiv seeks transit deal

Apr. 17, 2023 at 4:25 pm CDT

Kyiv/Rava-Ruska, Ukraine | Reuters — Slovakia on Monday joined Poland and Hungary in banning grain imports from Ukraine as even Kyiv’s staunchest allies come under domestic pressure to shield their agriculture markets. The heat is mounting on Brussels to work out a European Union wide solution after Warsaw and Budapest […]

Outlook for Black Sea grain deal ‘not so great,’ Kremlin says

Apr. 12, 2023 at 5:56 am CDT

By Guy Faulconbridge

Russia says sanctions a barrier to Black Sea grain deal renewal

Feb. 13, 2023 at 8:05 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. railroads, union extend strike deadline until at least Dec. 4

Nov. 9, 2022 at 7:09 pm CST

By David Shepardson

Thunder Bay grain shipments up in October

Nov. 7, 2022 at 3:33 pm CST

By MarketsFarm

China top destination for Canadian wheat through two months

Nov. 4, 2022 at 3:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – China was the main destination for Canadian wheat through the first two months of the 2022/23 (Aug/Jul) marketing year, according to the latest trade data from Statistics Canada. Canada exported 534,000 tonnes of wheat to China in August and September, accounting for about 20 per cent of Canada’s […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada’s exports rise in September as wheat volumes rebound

Nov. 3, 2022 at 1:45 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters – Canada’s exports rose in September, largely driven by better wheat volumes and prices, while imports were also up, with both import and export values impacted by the depreciation of the Canadian dollar, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. The country’s trade surplus with the world widened to […]

By Julie Gordon

U.N.’s Black Sea grain deal continues without Russia

Oct. 31, 2022 at 9:04 am CDT

London | Reuters – Grain was flowing out of Ukraine at a record pace on Monday under an initiative led by the United Nations aimed at easing global food shortages despite Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in the scheme. Russia said on Saturday it was pulling out of the […]

By Nigel Hunt

U.S. barge backlog swells on parched Mississippi River

Oct. 4, 2022 at 7:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Commercial barge traffic on southern stretches of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Tuesday as low water levels halted shipments of grain, fertilizer and other commodities on the critical waterway, shipping sources said. The supply chain snarl comes just as harvesting of corn and […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. says no weekly agriculture export sales data until Sept. 15

Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:00 am CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) on Wednesday said it would not publish weekly export sales data for crops such as corn, soybeans or wheat until Sept. 15 at the earliest, leaving grain traders in the dark about overseas demand. USDA is struggling to launch a new reporting system […]