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Ihor, a farmer in central Ukraine, poses in his sunflower field. The plant has become one of the symbols of the war-torn country.
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The rules of war zone production

Cost savings are king for Ukrainian farmers with high costs and uncertainty over exports

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“It’s good that you didn’t arrive an hour earlier – three rockets just flew in,” says Denys, an agricultural equipment sales manager who meets me in the city of Kropyvnytskyi in central Ukraine. For the first time in five months, since the beginning of the war, I’m going on a field trip. Throughout the 10
Destroyed areas after the attacks of Russian Armed Forces in the port of Odesa, July 25, 2022. The Kremlin assured that the attacks against the port of the Ukrainian city of Odessa should not affect the export of grain, after an agreement was reached between Moscow and Kyiv on July 22, 2022.
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Comment: Black Sea grain deal exposes Moscow’s long-term diplomatic game

UKRAINE: The deal is critical for relieving an international food crisis

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The deal to open up Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, is expected to facilitate export of several millions tonnes of grain and potentially ease an international food crisis. However, less than a day after the deal was signed, Russia undermined international confidence with missile strikes on the port of
A coalition of growers is calling on the federal government to return fertilizer tariffs, or at least for those purchases made before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Farmers should not pay the price for Russia’s war

Farmers say federal fertilizer tariffs on purchases made prior to the invasion of Ukraine should be returned

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Farmers across Canada are paying a 35 per cent federal tariff on fertilizers purchased from Russia prior to the war. Those regulations have placed a huge price disadvantage for Ontario’s, and Canada’s, crops.  “We recognize the mistakes the Russian government has made in invading Ukraine, but making farmers, and ultimately Canadian consumers, pay for a
Mosaic’s mine shaft tower from its K3 facility in southern Sask. Photo: Greg Berg
Markets

Mosaic sees fertilizer demand supported by tight crop supplies into 2023

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Reuters – Mosaic Co MOS.N said on Monday it expects tight grain and oilseed markets into 2023, encouraging the continued use of fertilizers despite their surging costs. “The war in Ukraine, high temperatures in North America and Europe, and developing drought conditions in parts of South America highlight the risk for reduced yields globally,” Mosaic said.
The number of people experiencing famine globally has jumped by an estimated 10 million since May.
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Hunger crisis deepening, says Canadian Foodgrains Bank

Raging drought, inflation and conflict drive food shortages

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Fifty million people around the world are near to or experiencing famine, up from 40 million in May, according to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. “There’ll be many malnourished. At least 20 per cent will be extremely malnourished,” said the organization’s executive director, Andy Harrington. Two out of every 10,000 of those people will die, according
Military officers from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and members of delegations from both countries and U.N. attend the opening ceremony of a joint coordination centre that will oversee a U.N.-brokered deal to re-open Ukrainian grain exports in the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 27, 2022. Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas
Cereals

Ukraine grain export coordination centre opens in Istanbul

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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 Ankara and the United

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