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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Due to rising concern among buyers, limited offer from sellers and rumors about the poor condition of winter crops, prices on the Russian domestic market increased between 27-31 October. Russian Grain Markets Harvest Update The Russian Ministry of Agriculture reported that as of 31 October, 108 MMT of grains and leguminous crops had been harvested on 43.3 million hectares (96.1 percent of the target). Included were 61.5 MMT of wheat (2.61 MT/hectare), 21 MMT of barley (2.35 MT/hectare), and 9.8 MMT of corn (4.53 MT/hectare). There were also 8.2 MMT of sunflower seed produced from 5.7 million hectares (1.43 MT/hectare) and 2.3 MMT of soybeans from 1.7 million hectares (1.36 MT/hectare). Market Trends: 27-31 October 2014 Due to rising co...

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