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Solid Canadian grain/oilseed exports to start 2024/25

Canadian grain and oilseed exports through the first month of the 2024/25 marketing year are running well ahead of what moved during the same time the previous year, with just over a million tonnes of canola already moved, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Total exports of all the major grain,


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Ukraine 2024/25 wheat exports to be capped

Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine’s farm ministry has agreed with traders and agriculture associations to limit wheat exports in the 2024/25 July-June season to 16.2 million metric tons, the ministry said on Tuesday. The government and traders annually sign a memorandum in which officials promise to maintain the existing terms of trade and not restrict



Canadian chickpea exports in April were down from the previous month.  Photo: File

Pulse weekly: Canadian pulse exports slowing

Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian pulse exports are showing signs of slowing down entering the final months of the 2023/24 marketing year, as end users turn their attention to the looming availability of new crop supplies. Canada has exported 1.286 million tonnes of lentils during the crop year-to-date, running about 25 per cent behind the pace

Russia widens grain export curbs

Russia widens grain export curbs

Reuters – Russian authorities have halted grain exports on some ships belonging to Aston, one of the biggest local grain trading houses, two industry sources said. The move widens a quality probe that has already curbed exports of another major trader. According to sources, Russia’s agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has not provided some of the company’s


Winston Van Staveren, a Saskatchewan soybean grower, presents during the Soy Canada seminar in Tokyo during a recent trade mission to the Indo-Pacific.

Doors open for Canadian soybeans in Indo-Pacific

Soy Canada spent early February promoting Canadian soybeans in Thailand and Japan

A Manitoba soybean grower sees huge opportunity for Canadian food-grade soybeans after taking part in a trade mission to the Indo-Pacific. “We’re the ones that can have the quality they’re looking for,” said Melvin Rattai. He is chair of the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers and a farmer near Beausejour, and took part in a