Russian Grain Market: 17-25 June 2013 Harvesting Updates As of 24 June, grain crops were harvested on 510,600 hectares. The volume of the grain produced was 2.1 MMT with the average yield 4.17 MT/hectare. Specifically, wheat was harvested on 176,500 hectares (755,900 MT produced with the average yield 4.28 MT/hectare) and barley was harvested on 180,500 hectares (945,000 MT produced, the average yield 5.24 MT/hectare). Grain Market Interventions The Intervention Fund put up 45,052 MT of grains for exchange commodity trading on 25 June 2013 and sold 39,477 MT.Since the beginning of the public grain interventions in 2012, the State Intervention Fund already sold 3.611 MMT of grains on the stock exchange at total amount of RUR 29.711 b...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Key Market Insights Geopolitical Limbo: Geopolitical risk remained a key driver across global commodity markets today. President Trump stated that the Iran memorandum of understanding is not yet final and warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail. Both sides continue w...
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