Regional News Ukraine’s agricultural product exports to the EU rose 10 percent in the first seven months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. Since the start of MY 2021/22, Ukraine has exported 4.61 MMT of cereal grains, up 10 percent from the same period in 2020. Of that, 1.82 MMT of wheat have been shipped, along with 1.62 MMT of barley, and 1.15 MMT of corn. Ukraine’s government projects the country’s 2021/22 grain export program could total 56 MMT, including 20.7 MMT of wheat, 30.7 MMT of corn, and 4.1 MMT of barley. Rusia’s SovEcon lowered its assessment of the 2021 Russian wheat crop by 0.2 MMT to 76.2 due to persistently low yields. Milling Wheat Global wheat markets are re...
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