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Russia widens grain export curbs

By Olga Popova April 16, 2024

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

File photo of barley being loaded off the combine. (Collab Media/iStock/Getty Images)

EU plans to hit Russia, Belarus grain imports with tariffs

Commission aims to curb Russian income, prevent market distortions, placate farmers

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters March 22, 2024

The European Commission proposed on Friday imposing tariffs on imports of grain from Russia and Belarus in an attempt to prevent Moscow and its ally from distorting EU markets and placate farmers who have protested for months over cheap imports.

Louis Dreyfus’ oilseed processing plant at Yorkton, Sask. (LDC.com)

Louis Dreyfus withstands commodity price drop to post stable profits

While less chaotic than 2022, war and weather continued to disrupt supply last year

By GFM Network News March 21, 2024

Louis Dreyfus Company's (LDC) profits last year held close to the bumper levels of 2022, with the agricultural commodity giant saying its global trading network helped it withstand falling prices.

FILE PHOTO: Polish farmers protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe and against the import of agricultural produce and food products from Ukraine near the Polish Ukrainian border crossing in Dorohusk, Poland, February 18, 2024. Jakub Orzechowski/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS/File Photo

Polish farmers backtrack on unblocking Ukraine border crossing, PAP reports

Protesting farmers say they will block Slovakia border against Ukrainian, Russian goods until end of month

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 13, 2024

Polish farmers increased the number of trucks they let through the Dorohusk border crossing with Ukraine on Wednesday but backpedaled on a promise to unblock it completely, state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday.

Trucks wait for crossing into Poland at the Rava-Ruska border checkpoint in Ukraine’s Lviv region on April 17, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Roman Baluk)

Poland may ban Russian agricultural imports, says PM Tusk

Latvia has already implemented a ban

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 29, 2024

Poland doesn't rule out introducing a ban on agricultural products from Russia, the prime minister said on Thursday during a visit to Warsaw by his counterpart from Latvia, which has already implemented such a ban.

Liberia-flagged bulker K Sukret, carrying grain under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, waits for inspection in the southern anchorage of Istanbul on May 17, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Mehmet Emin Caliskan)

Zelenskiy says Black Sea grain corridor in doubt without US aid

Conservative Republicans in US House of Representatives threatening to block further military aid

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 27, 2024

New York | Reuters -- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that without new U.S. military aid his country would be unable to defend a Black Sea shipping corridor that has allowed Kyiv to export millions of tons of grain to global markets.

A cargo ship is escorted by Houthi boats in the Red Sea in this photo released Nov. 20, 2023.

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Ukraine’s grain export success tested by Red Sea crisis

Ukraine Black Sea route slowed by Red Sea turmoil, hampering trade with Asia

By Gus Trompiz, Pavel Polityuk February 2, 2024

Ukraine has managed to boost its Black Sea grain exports to a level not seen since before Russia’s invasion, but the shipping crisis in the Red Sea poses a new challenge to the nation’s crucial agricultural trade. Kyiv’s success in replacing a UN-backed Black Sea export deal with its own shipping scheme has brought relief

A man is seen outside the house damaged by Russian shelling, Odesa Region, southern Ukraine. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/Sipa USA)

What is war fatigue?

If the West is 'tired' of the war in Ukraine, consider the reality of Ukrainians

By GFM Network News, Ihor Pavliuk January 17, 2024

As we approached the end of December, my mood, like that of most Ukrainians, was not at all Christmassy. The heroic achievement of 2022, when our lives hung in the balance and our defenders managed to repel the enemy, was replaced by the bloody routine of 2023.

A man is seen outside the house damaged by Russian shelling in the Odesa Region, southern Ukraine. Photo: by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/Sipa USA

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What is war fatigue?

If the West is 'tired' of the war in Ukraine, consider the reality of Ukrainians

By Ihor Pavliuk January 16, 2024

In 2023, Ukraine celebrated Christmas for the second time on Dec. 25, instead of Jan. 7, as it was before Russia’s invasion. My friends are divided into two camps. Some planned to celebrate Christmas in a new way, others do not want to change anything. However, this is far from the biggest problem in our lives. As we

File photo of a bulk vessel at a port grain terminal at Constanta, Romania. (Sergii Zhmurchak/iStock/Getty Images)

Romanian farmers, truck drivers protest near border with Ukraine

Grievances include influx of Ukrainian goods, fuel costs, environmental measures

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 15, 2024

Bucharest | Reuters -- Hundreds of Romanian farmers and truck drivers protested near border crossings with Ukraine and near large cities across the country on Monday amid ongoing negotiations with the government over high business costs.

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Russia widens grain export curbs

EU plans to hit Russia, Belarus grain imports with tariffs

Louis Dreyfus withstands commodity price drop to post stable profits

Polish farmers backtrack on unblocking Ukraine border crossing, PAP reports

Poland may ban Russian agricultural imports, says PM Tusk

Zelenskiy says Black Sea grain corridor in doubt without US aid

Ukraine’s grain export success tested by Red Sea crisis

What is war fatigue?

What is war fatigue?

Romanian farmers, truck drivers protest near border with Ukraine

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