Insights and Stories on Grain

U.N. aid chief in Moscow to discuss Ukraine grain exports

Jun. 2, 2022 at 7:30 pm CDT

Reuters — U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths is in Moscow on Thursday and Friday to discuss clearing the way for exports of grain and other food from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, a U.N. spokesperson said. Griffiths will meet Russian officials days after another senior U.N. official, Rebecca Grynspan, had “constructive” […]

U.N. had ‘constructive’ talks in Moscow on Russian grain, fertilizer exports

May. 31, 2022 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Michelle Nichols

Kremlin says Putin ready to facilitate grain exports via Ukraine ports

May. 30, 2022 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Guy Faulconbridge

U.N. chief in talks on restoring Ukraine grain exports

May. 18, 2022 at 6:28 pm CDT

By Michelle Nichols

Trudeau pledges help for Ukraine to find options to export grain

May. 9, 2022 at 7:49 pm CDT

By Tom Balmforth

Ukraine calls for moves to unblock ports, prevent global food crisis

May. 9, 2022 at 7:25 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine’s president called on the international community on Monday to take immediate steps to end a Russian blockade of his country’s ports to allow wheat exports and prevent a global food crisis. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made his comments in an online post after speaking to European […]

By Pavel Polityuk

Elevator declarations changing Aug. 1

Apr. 28, 2022 at 5:53 pm CDT

The declarations of eligibility western Canadian farmers sign before delivering to elevators, effective Aug. 1, will no longer include crops that don’t require end-use quality assessment as part of the variety registration process. “It’s not a big change,” Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) spokesman Remi Gosselin said in an interview Thursday. […]

By Allan Dawson

Ukraine grain storage shortage adds to farmers’ woes

Apr. 19, 2022 at 12:01 pm CDT

Zurich | Reuters — Ukraine has insufficient storage capacity even for its reduced 2022 grain harvest, the United Nations’ World Food Programme said Tuesday, with the country struggling to export existing stocks during the invasion by Russia. Jakob Kern, the World Food Programme’s emergency co-ordinator in Ukraine, cited estimates that […]

By Reuters

Argentina grains truck activity rebounds after strike lifted

Apr. 18, 2022 at 6:25 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine grains trucking activity has rebounded to near normal levels after a major strike last week, according to transport data and port sources, a relief to exporters in the world’s No. 1 shipper of processed soy and No. 2 for corn. Truckers agreed late last […]

By Maximilian Heath

Argentine grain truckers strike, threatening exports amid harvest

Apr. 11, 2022 at 8:16 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Truckers in Argentina began an open-ended strike on Monday to demand higher rates for transporting grain and livestock, an action that could hit grain exports during a key part of the harvest. Argentina, the world’s leading exporter of soy derivatives and second-largest corn exporter, recently […]