Reading Time: 2 minutes Traders said Friday that Ukraine’s agriculture ministry would ban exports of wheat from Nov. 15 after bad weather hit the harvest, pushing up global wheat futures prices even though traders had expected the move. The ministry, however, is sticking to its earlier formula of allowing traders to export up to a total of five million […] Read more
Ukraine to ban wheat exports from Nov. 15, traders say
Ukraine won’t limit barley, maize exports, ag minister says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ukraine will impose no limits on exports of barley and maize in the current marketing season, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said Tuesday, adding that the former Soviet republic would export over two million tonnes of grain this month. "Moreover, we will encourage the exports of feed grains," Prysyazhnyuk said on the sidelines of an international […] Read more
Ukraine to follow suit if Russia limits grain exports
Reading Time: 4 minutes Any effort by drought-stricken Russia to restrict grain exports is likely to provoke a similar move by neighboring Ukraine, leaving markets bereft of supply from two major Black Sea producers at a time when dry weather has slashed grain supply from India to Indiana. Importers moved swiftly to secure supply as the harvest outlook took […] Read more
Ukraine denies curbing wheat exports
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ukraine’s government said Wednesday it had not urged grain traders to limit wheat exports, denying local media reports it had done so, and it forecast that there would be no shortages of grain on the domestic market. "There are no recommendations to limit wheat exports," Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk told reporters. "Traders are telling us […] Read more
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