Insights and Stories on Russia

Russian farming firm to test investor appetite

Apr. 21, 2016 at 6:37 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russian farming conglomerate Rusagro launched a secondary share offering on Thursday which will test foreign appetite for Russian assets. Share sales by Russian companies have been rare since Western sanctions imposed in 2014 over Ukraine cut access to foreign capital markets and after a sharp drop […]

EU deal yet to bear fruit for Ukrainian exporters

Apr. 9, 2016 at 3:08 pm CDT

By Pavel Polityuk

Russian cheese lovers find way around import ban

Apr. 7, 2016 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Maria Kiselyova Olga Popova

EU promises protesting farmers more help, no new money

Mar. 15, 2016 at 4:07 am CDT

By Reuters

Cargill to stop selling seed, inputs in Black Sea region

Feb. 17, 2016 at 5:32 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on bargain buying

Feb. 10, 2016 at 3:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures firmed Wednesday, edging higher on a round of bargain buying and short-covering a day after prices hit their lowest in nearly six years, traders said. Corn and soybean futures were close to unchanged for most of the day but closed […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Fund short-covering lifts grain/soy complex

Feb. 2, 2016 at 4:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures climbed to six-week highs on Tuesday on fund-driven buying as the grain complex shrugged off weakness in global equity markets and crude oil, traders said. But wheat futures settled flat as all three commodities pared gains by the close. At the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Russia now expected to leave grain tax scheme intact

Jan. 29, 2016 at 12:07 pm CST

Moscow | Reuters — Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, is not expected to change its current regime of taxes on grain exports, sources said on Friday, following proposals to change them. Concerns over the possibility of tougher limits on Russia’s foreign sales of wheat sent global prices […]

By Michael Hogan Polina Devitt

U.S. grains: Wheat snaps rally, soy firm, corn flat

Jan. 27, 2016 at 5:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell on Wednesday on fund-driven technical selling and a proposal by Russia’s farm ministry to cut a wheat export tax, which tempered speculation about export restrictions. Corn coasted for the second straight day, while soybean futures rose on dry weather concerns in South […]

By Justin Madden

Major investment to build Farmers Edge’s data power

Jan. 27, 2016 at 5:20 pm CST

Canadian precision agronomy and farm data management firm Farmers Edge plans to keep taking its services to previously underserved acres around the world, with a major cash infusion from a group of its backers. Japanese commodities trading and investment firm Mitsui, Toronto commercial real estate company Osmington and the Green […]

By Dave Bedard

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