Ukrainian Oilseed Markets: 9-13 April 2012 Domestic prices of sunflower seeds and products and soybeans skyrocketed, supported by active foreign and domestic demand as well as rising soybean prices on international markets. We expect that the bullish trend will continue in the nearest future. Meanwhile, prices on the domestic and export rapeseed market remained flat amid slow trade.Average domestic sunflower seed prices added about $12/MT (in line with the previous week). Active demand from domestic crushers and exporters continued to provide a strong support to the market. Exporters, in some cases, raised bid prices up to $544/MT CPT-port, in spite of the temporary drop in foreign demand for Ukrainian sunflower seeds. Exporters are sure...
What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is the largest importer of Brazilian maize in the first six months of 2026. Egypt imported about 28.4 percent of maize exports, or about 1.7 million MT. Iran was the third-largest importer at 14.5 percent, or 900,000 MT, fol...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
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