Regional News The weather across Europe remains broadly favorable for winter crop development this next week, except for continued heavy rains across Western France and Spain. The 8-14-day forecast returns to more normal rainfall and temperatures, however. The weather remains similarly favorable for the Black Sea, though modest dryness persists. Iran secured 380,000 MT of wheat from Russia and Germany last week. Russia, once again, is doubting the efficiency of the free market and is looking for ways to curb grain exports. Agricultural Minister Patrushev told a newspaper last week that the country is looking to find a mechanism that would restrict grain exports to only the estimated export surplus, under “certain condit...
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