Planting Update According to the Ministry of Agriculture, on 22 March the spring planting campaign started in the southern regions of Ukraine. Spring grains were planted in Odesa region on 30,000 hectares out of 750,000 hectares planned. Farmers in Mykolayiv region continued to dress winter grains. They have 70 percent of the seeds needed for planting while Odesa farmers have 80 percent. Also, Odesa farmers have 62 percent of crop protective agents and 46 percent of fuel for planting. Proposed Measures To Facilitate Grain Export On 23 March, the Ukrainian Grain Association asked the Prime Minister of Ukraine to cancel licensing of corn, wheat, and crude sunflower oil export to streamline grain and oilseeds trade. According to the A...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
In agriculture and food processing, we think a lot about infrastructure: transportation and storage, processing and packaging, distribution and delivery. It is a physical system of roads, railroads, and rivers; concrete and steel storage; processing plants, warehouses, and machinery; and, event...
Key Takeaways: The Panama Canal’s draft restrictions and decreasing rainfall outlook are driving big moves in dry bulk markets this week. Panamax markets are sharply lower as the economics of moving freight across the Canal are deteriorating rapidly, leading to support in Supramax vessels...
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