Insights and Stories on Ukraine

Aug. 1, 2022 at 12:00 am CDT

Kyiv | Reuters – Russian missiles pounded the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, killing the owner of a major grain exporter, while a drone strike on Russia’s Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol was launched from within the city in a “terrorist attack,” a Russian lawmaker said. […]

By Natalia Zinets

Jul. 28, 2022 at 9:12 am CDT

MarketsFarm – As prices fall back, an analyst said it’s very common for there to be occasional spike upwards, and that’s exactly what’s been happening to canola. “We’ve come down a long way and having a bit of a rally wouldn’t be unusual,” commented analyst David Derwin of PI Financial […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Jul. 27, 2022 at 4:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Weather-related concerns and questions whether Ukrainian grain will be exported or not were front and centre for traders on the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended July 26. Ryan Ettner, a broker for Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill., said forecasts calling for a heat wave in […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Jul. 27, 2022 at 12:12 pm CDT

Istanbul | Reuters – Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar on Wednesday unveiled a centre in Istanbul to oversee the export of Ukrainian grains after a landmark U.N. deal last week, with the first shipment expected to depart from Black Sea ports within days. Russia and Ukraine signed the deal, brokered […]

By Can Sezer, Orhan Coskun

Jul. 26, 2022 at 12:34 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Seth Meyer, chief economist at the United States Department of Agriculture, said on Tuesday weaker commodities prices will take longer to ease food inflation in the United States than in the developing world. Some of the world’s poorest nations were hardest hit by a spike in corn […]

By Ana Mano