Insights and Stories on Russia

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn consolidate

Apr. 6, 2022 at 7:16 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine. The most-active soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) eased 11-1/2 […]

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat firmer on U.S. crop conditions’ decline

Apr. 5, 2022 at 6:38 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

London marine insurers label all Russian waters high risk

Apr. 4, 2022 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Jonathan Saul

Farming behind the lines: Hostages of globalization

Apr. 4, 2022 at 5:51 pm CDT

By Ihor Pavliuk

Putin ally warns agriculture supplies could be limited to ‘friends’

Apr. 1, 2022 at 8:29 pm CDT

By Reuters

EU offers farmers aid, more land to grow due to Ukraine war

Mar. 23, 2022 at 2:55 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union will distribute 500 million euros (C$692 million) to help farmers and allow them to grow crops on fallow land to mitigate food price spikes and potential shortages resulting from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Published on Wednesday, the proposals by the EU’s executive European […]

By Gabriela Baczynska philip-blenkinsop

Fuel prices may remain high beyond Russian invasion, expert says

Mar. 22, 2022 at 4:52 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The decision by the U.S. to halt the import of Russian petroleum products due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine created sticker shock at the pumps in North America — but an end to that invasion would not necessarily mean an end to high fuel prices. On March […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Nutrien to produce ‘most potash ever’ in 2022

Mar. 18, 2022 at 3:30 am CDT

The world’s biggest potash-producing company is set to produce more potash in 2022 due to “uncertainty of potash supply” coming out of Eastern Europe. Saskatoon-based Nutrien, which has an estimated 20 million tonnes of potash-mining capacity across six mines in Saskatchewan, said Wednesday it plans to boost its output for […]

By Dave Bedard

Ukraine war already impacting food security, U.N. agency warns

Mar. 18, 2022 at 2:09 am CDT

London | Reuters — The war in Ukraine is already resulting in rising food prices and a shortage of staple crops in parts of central Asia, the Middle East and north Africa, the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said on Thursday. The Russian invasion of Ukraine last […]

By Maytaal Angel

Farming behind the lines in Ukraine

Mar. 17, 2022 at 7:42 pm CDT

Ukrainians will farm their land, even in the face of war. In the Kherson area of southern Ukraine, where war rages and the city of Kherson is seen by the Russian invaders as strategic, a column set out on Monday. This was a column of tractors, under the flag of […]