Reading Time: 2 minutes European wheat production forecast at 12-year low. Corn, barley, oilseeds also down on year.
EU cuts wheat crop estimate to 12-year low
Europe’s grain farms await rain break after damp winter
Weak prices for maize could encourage planting other crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Grain growers in western Europe will need rain to ease this month to progress with spring planting, after a wet February maintained soggy field conditions that have already put the region on course for a smaller wheat harvest, analysts said.
EU plans curbs on Ukraine farm imports to calm angry farmers
Measures possible for other farm produce if markets disrupted
Reading Time: 2 minutes The European Commission on Wednesday proposed measures to limit agricultural imports from Ukraine and offer greater flexibility on rules for fallow land in a bid to quell protests by angry farmers in France and other EU members.
Bird flu spreads in Europe with a delay after warm autumn
Severe bird flu detected among Antarctic wild birds and mammals for first time
Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters -- Bird flu is spreading fast in Europe but arrived later this year after a warm autumn delayed migration of wild birds, the main carriers of the virus that led to the death of millions of poultry in the past years, scientific agencies said on Thursday.
U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat rally to multi-month highs on weather concerns
Meteorologists 'pretty much threw in the towel'
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rose to multi-month highs on Wednesday, supported by concerns about crop shortfalls around the globe due to adverse weather in key production areas. “Listening to the meteorologists this morning, they pretty much threw in the towel on any moisture for the dry areas of the […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Hard to know where canola will go
'Could easily make a case either way'
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts fell hard to end the month of May, dropping to levels not seen in more than two years. While the oversold market may be due for a correction, there could also still be more room to the downside. “It’s hard to have a real solid opinion of whether we’ll […] Read more
EU sets Ukraine grain import restrictions in five countries until June 5
Supports pledged for farmers in those countries
Reading Time: < 1 minute Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission said on Tuesday it set restrictions until June 5 on imports of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seed to ease the excess supply of these grains in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The EU executive arm said that during that period, Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and […] Read more
European Commission to ban Ukrainian grain exports to Romania
Talks ongoing with Ukraine's other neighbours
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bucharest | Reuters — The European Commission will ban Ukrainian grain and oilseeds exports to Romania until June 5, Romanian Agriculture Minister Petre Daea said on Wednesday. Romania has stopped short of enforcing a ban, whereas Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia took unilateral steps to protect local markets from a flow of Ukrainian farm products. […] Read more
More grain for European Union in 2023-24, USDA projects
Larger production seen reducing need for imports
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) attaché in Madrid is projecting an increase in grain production for the European Union (EU) in 2023-24. In USDA’s Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report released Wednesday, the attaché pegged the EU’s 2023-24 grain production at 284.7 million tonnes, 17.9 million more than this year’s crop which […] Read more
Bans on Ukrainian grain imports mount as Kyiv seeks transit deal
Poland, Hungary ban imports; Slovakia follows
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kyiv/Rava-Ruska, Ukraine | Reuters — Slovakia on Monday joined Poland and Hungary in banning grain imports from Ukraine as even Kyiv’s staunchest allies come under domestic pressure to shield their agriculture markets. The heat is mounting on Brussels to work out a European Union wide solution after Warsaw and Budapest announced bans on some imports […] Read more
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