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Commercial vessels including vessels which are part of Black Sea grain deal wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2022. Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas

U.N.’s Black Sea grain deal continues without Russia

By GFM Network News October 31, 2022

London | Reuters – Grain was flowing out of Ukraine at a record pace on Monday under an initiative led by the United Nations aimed at easing global food shortages despite Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in the scheme. Russia said on Saturday it was pulling out of the deal, which ensured safe passage […] Read more

A wheat field near the village of Zhovtneve, Ukraine in 2016. Photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko/File

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Ukraine keeps 2023 winter wheat sowing area forecast unchanged despite delays

By GFM Network News October 25, 2022

Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine is keeping its forecast of the winter wheat sowing area for the 2023 harvest unchanged at 3.8 million hectares despite a delay caused by unfavourable weather, deputy agriculture minister Taras Vysotskiy told Reuters on Tuesday. Ukraine sowed more than 6 million hectares of winter wheat for the 2022 harvest, but […] Read more

The Sierra Leone-flagged ship Razoni leaves the sea port in Odesa after restarting grain export, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Ukraine August 1, 2022. Photo: Reuters/Serhii Smolientsev

Markets, Reuters

Ukraine seeks to extend shipping safe passage deal beyond grain

By GFM Network News August 5, 2022

Istanbul/Kyiv | Reuters – Three grain ships left Ukrainian ports on Friday while the first inbound cargo vessel since Russia’s invasion was due in Ukraine to load, as Kyiv called for the safe passage deal to be extended to other cargoes such as metals. The July 22 deal marked a rare diplomatic breakthrough as war […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

‘Glimmer of hope’ as Ukraine grain ship leaves Odesa port

By GFM Network News August 2, 2022

Kyiv | Reuters – The first ship to carry Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea since Russia invaded Ukraine five months ago left the port of Odesa for Lebanon on Monday under a safe passage deal described as a glimmer of hope in a worsening global food crisis. The sailing was made possible after Turkey and the […] Read more

Mosaic’s mine shaft tower from its K3 facility in southern Sask. Photo: Greg Berg

Markets, Reuters

Mosaic sees fertilizer demand supported by tight crop supplies into 2023

By GFM Network News August 2, 2022

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. […] Read more

A view shows a destroyed building, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, following shelling in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released July 31, 2022. Photo: Press service of the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office/handout via Reuters.

Reuters

Russian strikes kill Ukrainian grain tycoon; drone hits Russian naval base

By GFM Network News August 1, 2022

Kyiv | Reuters – Russian missiles pounded the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, killing the owner of a major grain exporter, while a drone strike on Russia’s Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol was launched from within the city in a “terrorist attack,” a Russian lawmaker said. Oleksiy Vadatursky, founder and owner […] Read more

Cereals, Reuters

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

By 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 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

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 […] Read more

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

Reuters

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 […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

Ukraine grain exports 48 per cent down so far in June

By GFM Network News 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 […] Read more

GFM Network News

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U.N.’s Black Sea grain deal continues without Russia

Ukraine keeps 2023 winter wheat sowing area forecast unchanged despite delays

Ukraine seeks to extend shipping safe passage deal beyond grain

‘Glimmer of hope’ as Ukraine grain ship leaves Odesa port

Mosaic sees fertilizer demand supported by tight crop supplies into 2023

Russian strikes kill Ukrainian grain tycoon; drone hits Russian naval base

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

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

Ukraine grain exports 48 per cent down so far in June

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