France’s exports to non-EU destinations have significantly increased during the last month as its wheat is competitive against Black Sea origins. Algeria bought 500,000 MT of it last week, paying $187-188 for July shipment. Milling Wheat The weather in Russia and Ukraine is excellent for the wheat development and maturing. The Black Sea market is quiet as the old crop offers are difficult to find and farmers in the region have not started to sell the new crop yet as that usually starts in June.The EU allocated 628,000 MT of wheat export licenses last week, bringing the total to 26.6 MMT versus 28.4 MMT at the same time last year. France’s exports to non-EU destinations have significantly increased during the last month as its wheat is com...
What You Need to Know Today: Grain futures fell hard overnight after the USDA’s Crop Conditions report showed better-than-expected ratings for corn and soybeans, despite difficult weather last week. The Conditions report was even more bearish in light of meaningfully beneficial rains acr...
Key Takeaways: New Mexico’s Clean Transportation Fuel Program expands demand for low-carbon fuels and creates another market for renewable feedstocks, adding incremental pressure to already limited supplies of lower-carbon inputs. Growing competition for waste-based feedstocks such as an...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan has just held its first meeting of the Committee on GM Corn. The Committee was established to "undertake an objective, science-based, and evidence-driven review of Pakistan’s policy regarding the commercialization o...
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