Insights and Stories on Ukraine

Jul. 21, 2022 at 6:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to two-week lows and new-crop soybeans hit a six-month low on Thursday on improving crop weather in the Midwest and news of a deal to restart Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, traders said. Wheat futures declined after choppy trade. All three markets […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Jul. 21, 2022 at 5:29 pm CDT

Istanbul/United Nations | Reuters — Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will sign a deal on Friday to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Thursday. Russia and Ukraine are both major global wheat suppliers, but Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion of its neighbour […]

By Jonathan Spicer, Michelle Nichols

Jul. 21, 2022 at 10:08 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Wednesday on forecasts for improving weather in the Midwest, including rains next week that should boost crop production prospects, analysts said. Wheat futures rose as traders awaited the outcome of Egyptian wheat purchase negotiations, as well as talks on […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:02 pm CDT

Khreshchate, Ukraine | Reuters — Ukrainian farmer Mykola Tereshchenko hopes to start harvesting his wheat fields this week, but the smallholder in northern Ukraine has nowhere to store the grain. His silos are still crammed full with 1,100 tonnes of grain from last year’s harvest that he can’t export due […]

By Pavel Polityuk, Tom Balmforth

Jul. 15, 2022 at 3:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures tumbled to a five-month low on Friday, with hopes for a pick-up in exports from war-torn Ukraine threatening the recent gains made in demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn futures firmed again, their seventh gain in the last eight […]

By Mark Weinraub