Insights and Stories on Russia

Poland says EU goal for Ukraine grain movement not feasible by July

Jun. 28, 2022 at 8:49 am CDT

Warsaw | Reuters – The European Union’s goal to move 20 million tons of grain out of Ukraine by the end of July is not feasible amid little progress in implementing EU and U.S. initiatives to ease logistics problems, the Polish agriculture minister said on Tuesday. Speaking to Reuters in […]

U.S. grains: Wheat firms after Russia strikes Ukraine port

Jun. 22, 2022 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Ukraine grain exports 48 per cent down so far in June

Jun. 22, 2022 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Pavel Polityuk

Turkish team to discuss Black Sea grain corridor in Russia this week

Jun. 21, 2022 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Reuters

Turkey says Ukraine grain ships could avoid mines

Jun. 15, 2022 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Michelle Nichols Tuvan Gumrukcu

June USDA report includes few changes or surprises

Jun. 10, 2022 at 5:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There were only a handful of major changes in the monthly supply and demand report released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “I thought it was neutral to a little bit friendly,” said Terry Reilly, grains analyst with Futures International in Chicago. Perhaps most notable were […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Nutrien to further boost potash output amid global shortage

Jun. 9, 2022 at 9:57 pm CDT

Reuters — Nutrien, the world’s largest fertilizer producer, said Thursday it will increase its Canadian potash production by 20 per cent to an annual 18 million tonnes by 2025, helping to address tight supplies that have contributed to a global food shortage. Potash prices have soared since the West imposed […]

By Rithika Krishna Rod Nickel

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy prices rise, yields may follow suit

Jun. 8, 2022 at 8:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybeans were the high-rising crop on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Wednesday, two days before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly world agriculture supply/demand estimates (WASDE) are released. Old- and new-crop soybeans all rose in tandem during the week, but while old-crop contracts […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Russian attack destroys warehouses of major Ukrainian port terminal, owner says

Jun. 7, 2022 at 6:13 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Russian shelling destroyed the warehouses of one of Ukraine’s largest agricultural commodities terminals in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv over the weekend, authorities and the facility’s owner said Tuesday. The attack came at a time Turkey is trying to develop a U.N.-backed plan to start […]