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Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the UN and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus at Istanbul on Dec. 11, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Yoruk Isik)
Crops, Markets

Ukraine Black Sea grain deal extended for at least 60 days

UN, Turkey not yet specifying extension's duration

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Ankara/United Nations | Reuters — A deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain was renewed on Saturday for at least 60 days — half the intended period — after Russia warned any further extension beyond mid-May would depend on the removal of some Western sanctions. The pact was brokered with Russia and
Commercial vessels –including vessels which are part of the Black Sea grain deal — wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey on Oct. 31, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas)
Crops

UN backs Turkey, Ukraine in call for 120-day grain deal rollover

Text of original deal calls for 120, UN says

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United Nations | Reuters — The United Nations backed Turkey and Ukraine on Thursday by calling for a 120-day rollover of an agreement allowing the safe export of grain from several Ukrainian Black Sea ports after Russia said it would only extend the pact for 60 days. The pact is due to expire on Saturday.
CBOT May 2023 soft red winter wheat with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rally from multi-month lows

Ukraine corridor talks eyed

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures rose on Tuesday, rebounding from multi-month lows set last week, as Wall Street equity markets turned higher and signs of fresh grain export demand emerged, analysts said. Uncertainty about talks to extend a wartime grain export corridor from Ukraine lent support. Soybean futures posted smaller advances
CBOT May 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX May 2023 hard red spring wheat (orange open/high/low/close) and K.C. May 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange O/H/L/C). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat slightly rebounds; corn, soy dip

Market volatility over banking sector hits grains prices

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grains see-sawed on Monday, piggybacking on U.S. stocks that were spooked by global economic concerns after the tech-focused lender Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. The most-active corn and soybean contracts closed weaker, while wheat rebounded slightly after finishing last week at a 20-month low. Grains prices gyrated throughout the day as
Despite the challenges caused by the war, Bernatsky got the corn crop off.
Farmit Manitoba, News

From Ukraine: The goal now is to save the farm

How a well-known Ukrainian farmer survived a year of war and now views the future

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Colleagues from other countries often ask me about the situation of Ukrainian farmers. It is difficult for me to answer this question, because every farmer is in their own unique circumstances. The main thing that unites them is the understanding that life will not be the same for a long time, if ever. To describe
Commercial vessels –including vessels which are part of the Black Sea grain deal — wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey on Oct. 31, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas)
Crops, Markets

Russia suggests renewing Black Sea grain deal for shorter term

Moscow says sanctions have created barriers for its exports

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Geneva | Reuters — Moscow is suggesting to renew a deal allowing the safe export of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports — but only for a period of 60 days, half the term of the previous renewal, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said on Monday. Vershinin’s statement came after talks with U.N. officials
CBOT May 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX May 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn get boost off weaker dollar after multi-month lows

Expectations grow for Black Sea deal extension

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures closed higher on Friday, boosted by a weaker U.S. dollar, after hitting a 20-month low, while corn futures rose from a seven-month low. The markets recovered after a week that saw expectations for an extended Black Sea export deal and a lower U.S. government estimate for corn export
Grain farmer Andrii Povod stands in front of a destroyed barn at his farm, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Bilozerka, Kherson region, Ukraine, Feb. 20.
News

The soils of war

There’s a toxic legacy for Ukraine’s breadbasket from the Russian invasion

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Reuters – When Ukraine recaptured Kherson in November, Andrii Povod returned to find his grain farm in ruins. Two tractors were missing, most of the wheat was gone and all 11 buildings used to store crops and machinery had been bombed and burned. The farm bears the scars of Russian shelling and unexploded ordnance riddles
A wall in the medina (ancient city quarter) of Rabat, Morocco’s capital. (Cia.gov)
Crops, Markets

Morocco adjusts wheat import scheme in nod to Black Sea

Move could bump up competition among exporters

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Rabat/Paris | Reuters — Morocco, a major cereal importer, has modified its wheat import subsidy scheme to make it easier for companies to bring in cargoes from the Black Sea region, an official at state grain agency ONICL said on Wednesday. The revision, also reported by traders, means that as of March importers are able

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