Ukrainian milling wheat and feed wheat prices declined on the domestic market as farmers in the southern regions started harvesting winter wheat and have reported that the majority of the crop is of milling wheat quality. Russian Grain Markets Planting Update As of 16 June 2014, spring grain crops were planted on 31.3 million hectares (98.1 percent of the target). Included were 13 million hectares of spring wheat (99 percent), 8.8 million hectares of spring barley (100.1 percent) and 2.7 million hectares of spring corn (103.1 percent).Sunflower seed was planted on 6.9 million hectares (96.9 percent), spring rapeseed on 963,400 hectares (88.3 percent) and soybeans on 1.8 million hectares (107.8 percent). Market Trends: 9-13 June 20...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
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