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As grain prices fall, food prices to ease first in developing world -U.S. official

By Ana Mano, GFM Network News July 26, 2022

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Seth Meyer, chief economist at the United States Department of Agriculture, said on Tuesday weaker commodities prices will take longer to ease food inflation in the United States than in the developing world. Some of the world’s poorest nations were hardest hit by a spike in corn and wheat prices after Russia’s

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat firms after Russian strike threatens Ukraine export deal

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News July 25, 2022

Chicago | Reuters – Wheat prices rallied on Monday after a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian port of Odesa over the weekend raised doubts about implementation of last week’s agreement to open a corridor for grain exports from Ukraine. Soybean and corn futures followed wheat, supported by forecasts for hot, dry weather across parts

Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, July 5, 2022. Due to the ongoing hostilities, grains are harvested only on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia and part of Polohy districts which constitute one-sixth of the total area of the Zaporizhzhia Region, south-eastern Ukraine.

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Recovery from grain production shortfalls could take years

Many factors have weighed in to produce tight global grain stocks

By Karl Plume, Rod Nickel July 12, 2022

Reuters – Eric Broten had planned to sow about 5,000 acres of corn this year on his farm in North Dakota, but persistent springtime rains limited him to just 3,500 in a state where a quarter or more of the planned corn could remain unsown this year. The difficulty planting corn in the northern United

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Greece offers ships to export grain from blocked Ukrainian ports, NATO says

Commercial maritime superpower says it has “special role” to play in effort

By Reuters July 7, 2022

Greece is willing to provide ships to help export grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports that have been blocked by Russia, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said June 29. Ukraine is one of the top global wheat suppliers, but shipments have been halted by Russia’s invasion, causing global food shortages. The United Nations has appealed to

Granaries in the Odesa region of Southern Ukraine, June 22, 2022. With ports remaining closed despite international efforts to reach a deal, harvests are getting underway with storages still loaded with last year’s crops.

Farmit Manitoba, News

Dead end for Ukraine grain

Ukrainian farmers may soon be forced to make hard decisions about next season

By Ihor Pavliuk June 30, 2022

Two years ago, when the coronavirus pandemic swept over the world, I didn’t worry about Ukrainian farmers at all. They calmly did their work, plowed the land, sowed and harvested. If in Ukrainian cities then there was a difficult situation with COVID-19, then the farmers almost did not notice it. A year earlier, Ukraine’s fields

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Ukraine poultry giant MHP warns on export challenges

By Reuters June 28, 2022

Ukrainian chicken and grains processor MHP, the country’s top food producer, warned on June 17 that it could not give an outlook for the year due to the war with Russia and challenges exporting goods. The company, which usually produces tens of thousands of tonnes of meat, wheat and vegetable oil every month, said poultry

Poland is trying to move Ukraine grain by rail due to Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian sea ports on the Black Sea. Photo: IanChrisGraham/iStock/Getty Images

Poland says EU goal for Ukraine grain movement not feasible by July

By GFM Network News June 28, 2022

Warsaw | Reuters – The European Union’s goal to move 20 million tons of grain out of Ukraine by the end of July is not feasible amid little progress in implementing EU and U.S. initiatives to ease logistics problems, the Polish agriculture minister said on Tuesday. Speaking to Reuters in an interview, Henryk Kowalczyk accused

Markets

Ukraine grain exports 48 per cent down so far in June

By GFM Network News, Pavel Polityuk June 22, 2022

Reuters – Ukrainian grain exports in the first 22 days of June fell by 48 per cent from a year earlier to 907,000 tonnes, agriculture ministry data showed on Wednesday. The volumes included 803,000 tonnes of corn, 78,000 tonnes of wheat and 21,000 tonnes of barley, the data showed. Ukraine exported up to 6 million

Maksymenko uses Canadian-made zero-till equipment to sow his fields.

Farmit Manitoba, News

Ukrainian farmers responsible for wider community during war

Maxym Maksymenko farms just a few miles from the front in southern Ukraine

By Ihor Pavliuk June 17, 2022

As I wrote earlier, almost every Ukrainian farmer has to take care of more than just his family. If he cultivates more than 1,000 hectares of land, this means that he is forced to help solve the social problems of the inhabitants of nearby settlements. Moreover, it is completely voluntary, since the state does not

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U.K. seeks investigation into alleged Ukraine grain theft

British farm minister says she’s heard ‘very serious’ allegations against Russia

By Maytaal Angel June 17, 2022

Reuters – Britain’s farming minister has called for an immediate investigation into allegations that Russia has been stealing grain from Ukraine, following Moscow’s invasion which has driven up world food prices to record levels. Black Sea ports in Ukraine, the world’s fourth-largest grains exporter, have been blocked since the invasion, with about 20 million tonnes

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

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As grain prices fall, food prices to ease first in developing world -U.S. official

U.S. grains: Wheat firms after Russian strike threatens Ukraine export deal

Recovery from grain production shortfalls could take years

Greece offers ships to export grain from blocked Ukrainian ports, NATO says

Dead end for Ukraine grain

Ukraine poultry giant MHP warns on export challenges

Poland says EU goal for Ukraine grain movement not feasible by July

Ukraine grain exports 48 per cent down so far in June

Ukrainian farmers responsible for wider community during war

U.K. seeks investigation into alleged Ukraine grain theft

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