Reading Time: 3 minutes Kyiv | Reuters — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will create a global wheat shortage for at least three seasons by keeping much of the Ukrainian crop from markets, pushing prices to record levels, Ukraine’s agriculture minister told Reuters. Ukraine, sometimes known as Europe’s breadbasket, has had its maritime grain export routes blocked by Russia and […] Read more
Russia’s war may deprive world of three Ukrainian wheat harvests, minister says
'Significant' decline expected in winter wheat acres
Ukrainian farmers don bulletproof vests to plough frontline fields
Reading Time: 2 minutes Zaporizhzhia | Reuters — Ukrainian farmers in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, which borders the frontline of the military conflict with Russia, are now wearing body armour to plough their fields. A week after the war started, grad rockets — bombs fired via a truck-mounted multiple-launch system — began falling right next door to the […] Read more
EU’s oilseed yields expected to decline in 2022-23
USDA's attaches predict uptick in EU's oilseed acres
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) attachés in Europe have projected oilseed production in the 27-member European Union to increase just slightly in 2022-23. The 18 attachés involved in the report expect about 31.07 million tonnes in total, for a 0.4 per cent bump in total oilseed output from 2021-22. The oilseeds included […] Read more
Farming behind the lines: Ukraine’s farmers sow amidst wreckage
Despite their best efforts, however, famine looms as war rages
Reading Time: 5 minutes In early April, Ukrainian soldiers expelled the Russian invaders from the northern regions of Ukraine: Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The wounded enemy left, leaving behind burned-out war machines and the unburied corpses of his soldiers. However, the invaders managed to do a lot of damage. Many of you are probably aware of the atrocities […] Read more
Ukraine could lack seed for years, French producers warn
Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters — Reduced production of crop seed in Ukraine due to war with Russia could affect the country’s grain production for several years, a French seed industry group said on Thursday. Ukraine, one of the world’s largest grain exporters, is widely expected to see its harvest shrink this year as Russia’s invasion disrupts […] Read more
Ukraine sunseed area seen falling due to war
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lviv | Reuters — The area sown to sunflower in Ukraine is likely to fall to 4.81 million hectares (11.89 million acres) in 2022 from 6.66 million hectares in 2021 due to hostilities in many regions, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. Ukraine is the world’s largest sunflower seed grower and sunflower oil exporter. The […] Read more
Indonesia palm oil production to rise, USDA attache says
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — There’s to be a small increase in palm oil production in Indonesia in 2022-23, according the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s attaché in Jakarta. The attaché pegged palm oil output to rise by 1.1 per cent at 46 million tonnes due to favourable weather and higher prices for producers. Also, the attaché revised 2021-22 […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat extends run to 14-year high on Russia-Ukraine supply threat
U.S. studying biofuel waiver to fight food inflation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures galloped to another 14-year high on Thursday as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine increasingly fanned fears of massive disruptions to grain exports from the Black Sea region. Wheat and corn futures advanced by their daily trading limits during a volatile session, though the corn market later […] Read more
Sunflower market seeing broad strength
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Sunflower seed has found itself caught up with the general strength seen in most agricultural markets, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine adding another layer of uncertainty to the market as the two countries are both major world producers. “We believe sunflowers are a very attractive option going into 2022,” said Robert Deraas, […] Read more
USDA expects canola, sunflowers elsewhere to offset Canada’s shortfalls
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm –– Good canola and rapeseed crops in Australia and a number of other parts of the world along with large world sunflower seed production should help offset Canada’s smaller-than-expected production somewhat, according to the December oil crops outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Total global canola/rapeseed production is now forecast by USDA at […] Read more
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