File photo of a combine harvesting a wheat crop in Ukraine. (SergBob/iStock/Getty Images)

APK-Inform issues Ukraine forecast for 2025/26

Cold snap halts spring seeding

As spring planting continues in Ukraine, its agriculture ministry and consultancy APK-Inform issued their respective crop forecasts. The reports were issued just as Ukraine was still in a bitter cold snap that brought snow to most parts of the country.


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U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on sliding dollar

Chicago wheat futures rallied Friday as the dollar weakened against other major currencies, while corn firmed on U.S. Department of Agriculture data and soybeans climbed, unruffled by the latest hike in China's retaliatory tariffs against U.S. goods.