Russian Grain and Oilseed Markets: 25-29 April 2022 The Russian Ministry of Agriculture estimates the 2022 grain crop at 123 MMT mostly due to an additional 1 Mha of planted area. Winter crops, which are planted over 19 Mha), are reportedly in good and satisfactory condition. Oilseeds are forecast at 22.6 MMT, sugar beets at 41.5 MMT, and potatoes at 6.8 MMT. Spring crops have been completed over 200,000 ha and around 3 Mha of winter crops have been fertilized. Overall, planted area for 2022 is estimated at 81.3 Mha. In 2021, the grain crop in Russia was 121.4 MMT of which 75.9 MMT was wheat. However, not everyone in Russia agrees with the Minister. For example, Grain Exporters Union Governor Edward Zernin is optimistic and believes that...
Weather concerns and the impacts of the war in Iran helped push wheat and corn to sharp gains Tuesday, with both markets blowing past key technical resistance levels. The weather is now coupled with geopolitical tensions that look increasingly hard to resolve, which is giving funds the perfect...
Congress is moving forward with its FY 2027 spending bills, while also still working to address FY 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is still in a shutdown. The House Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and passed its FY 2027 bill. The House bill prov...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Tunisian researchers have been able to fully sequence the genomes of two local durum wheat types that have been grown in Tunisia for generations. They say that this “could be the key to developing more climate-resistant duru...
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