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EU deal yet to bear fruit for Ukrainian exporters

By GFM Network News April 9, 2016

Gorodok | Reuters — Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the European Union was meant to lure the bread basket of the former Soviet Union away from its longstanding ties with Russia by offering better access to the EU market. But debate about it was the spark that lit the Maidan street protests in 2013 and a […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Russian cheese lovers find way around import ban

By GFM Network News April 7, 2016

Moscow | Reuters — An entrepreneur has found a way to supply Italian parmesan, Dutch Gouda and British Cheddar to cheese connoisseurs in Russia, sidestepping a ban on importing European food that the Kremlin imposed in the fallout from the conflict in Ukraine. Russia’s government banned wholesale imports of fresh food products from the European […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

EU promises protesting farmers more help, no new money

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 15, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission announced more help for the agriculture sector on Monday, following protests by farmers who say they have been hit hard by a Russian ban on Western food imports. The focus of the support package is on the dairy, pigmeat, fruit and vegetable sectors. It includes measures such as […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Cargill to stop selling seed, inputs in Black Sea region

By GFM Network News February 17, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Cargill will stop selling seeds, fertilizer and crop chemicals to farmers in the Black Sea region, as the global trader continues to cut back operations in the face of sliding commodity prices. The 150-year old company, one of the world’s largest privately held corporations, is in the middle of a restructuring […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on bargain buying

By GFM Network News February 10, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures firmed Wednesday, edging higher on a round of bargain buying and short-covering a day after prices hit their lowest in nearly six years, traders said. Corn and soybean futures were close to unchanged for most of the day but closed in negative territory. A bearish […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Fund short-covering lifts grain/soy complex

By GFM Network News February 2, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures climbed to six-week highs on Tuesday on fund-driven buying as the grain complex shrugged off weakness in global equity markets and crude oil, traders said. But wheat futures settled flat as all three commodities pared gains by the close. At the Chicago Board of Trade, the […] Read more

(Commercial Port of Vladivostok, vmtp.ru)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russia now expected to leave grain tax scheme intact

By GFM Network News January 29, 2016

Moscow | Reuters — Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, is not expected to change its current regime of taxes on grain exports, sources said on Friday, following proposals to change them. Concerns over the possibility of tougher limits on Russia’s foreign sales of wheat sent global prices to a one-month high earlier […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat snaps rally, soy firm, corn flat

By GFM Network News January 27, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell on Wednesday on fund-driven technical selling and a proposal by Russia’s farm ministry to cut a wheat export tax, which tempered speculation about export restrictions. Corn coasted for the second straight day, while soybean futures rose on dry weather concerns in South America and southern Africa. At […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Major investment to build Farmers Edge’s data power

By GFM Network News January 27, 2016

Canadian precision agronomy and farm data management firm Farmers Edge plans to keep taking its services to previously underserved acres around the world, with a major cash infusion from a group of its backers. Japanese commodities trading and investment firm Mitsui, Toronto commercial real estate company Osmington and the Green Growth Fund operated by investment […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russia said considering export duties for corn, barley

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 27, 2016

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia’s agriculture ministry is considering introducing an export duty for corn and barley, Russian news agency Interfax reported Wednesday, citing First Deputy Minister Evgenii Gromyko. “We will discuss this question,” he said. Gromyko added that the question was planned to be discussed at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, […] Read more

Pulse Weekly: Exports down month-to-month

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge, hogs up

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn sink to contract lows as large supply weighs

GFM Network News

Pulse Weekly: Exports down month-to-month

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge, hogs up

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn sink to contract lows as large supply weighs

Tag Archives Russia

EU deal yet to bear fruit for Ukrainian exporters

Russian cheese lovers find way around import ban

EU promises protesting farmers more help, no new money

Cargill to stop selling seed, inputs in Black Sea region

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on bargain buying

U.S. grains: Fund short-covering lifts grain/soy complex

Russia now expected to leave grain tax scheme intact

U.S. grains: Wheat snaps rally, soy firm, corn flat

Major investment to build Farmers Edge’s data power

Russia said considering export duties for corn, barley

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