Russian Grain Markets: 16-22 May 2012 GRAINS AND PRODUCTS Planting Updates as of 16 May 2012
Grain Auction Updates as of 17 May 2012 As of 17 May, the total volume of grain purchased from the state commodity intervention fund was 1.73 MMT, including: Russian Grain Export Update According to Russian Deputy Ag Minister Ilya Shestakov, by the end of the current season, Russia will be able to export 0.8-1 MMT in addition to the 25 MMT exported as of 20 May. Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture predicted grain exports for the current season would reach 27 MMT. Meanwhile, corn exports in MY 2011/12 reached 1.6 MMT, a record volume, and may even reach 1.7 MMT by 1 July 2012. Market Update Last week the market was negatively aff...
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...
