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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grains Market: 29 September–03 October 2025 The market remained bearish under pressure from the new crop. However, the export market is fueling optimism. With relatively low export duties, Russian farmers may improve grain margins this year, supported by significant trade volumes and steady demand. The domestic market remains stagnant and unstable. Farmers are holding grain stocks, anticipating better prices later in the season. The Russian government estimates the 2025 wheat crop at 88 MMT. According to Agriculture Minister Oksana Loot, total grain production has reached 128 MMT, with expectations to hit 135 MMT. It remains unclear whether this figure includes occupied Ukrainian territories, which currently account for approx...

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FOB Prices and Freight Rates App (Updated 8 October)

WPI Grain Prices and Freight Rate App Note: you can also visit the app directly by clicking here. Supplemental Information The section below offers a concise view of the options available in the current version of the WPI FOB Price and Freight Rate app, along with a short “How To”...

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Communicating importance of value-added products

Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.

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