Reading Time: 2 minutes Moscow | Reuters — Russia hopes a deal to supply grain and equipment to Iran in return for oil can be reached soon, Russia’s Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said Sunday. The deal “will affect not only grain, there are broad lists of goods… We expect that (a deal) could be reached in the near future,” […] Read more
Russia says oil-for-goods deal with Iran could be sealed soon
Russia may consider floating tariff on grain exports as last resort
Reading Time: < 1 minute Moscow | Reuters — Russia, a key wheat exporter to North Africa and the Middle East, may consider imposing a floating tariff on grain exports as a measure of last resort to defend the domestic market in 2015, its deputy agriculture minister said Thursday. Russia shocked grain markets in 2010 when it banned grain exports […] Read more
Russia’s winter grains still at risk despite warm weather – analyst
Reading Time: 2 minutes * Warm November to help Russia’s winter grains – SovEcon * Says some farmers hold crops due to the falling rouble * SovEcon sees Nov. grain exports at 3.0-3.2 mln T Paris/Moscow / Reuters – Warm weather last week did not eliminate risks for Russia’s fragile winter grain plantings, said a Moscow-based agriculture consultancy SovEcon, warning […] Read more
Return of the czars
Will the Putin effect hurt global ag equipment manufacturing?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Samuel Allen was blunt. “Today’s world is filled with uncertainty — fiscal, economic, and political uncertainty — that breeds extreme caution, disrupts thoughtful planning, and is generally bad for business,” the John Deere chairman and CEO wrote in the company’s 2013 annual report. Those words from December of last year now seem profoundly prophetic, given […] Read more
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