Kyiv | Reuters – Ukrainian corn exports are set to fall to one million metric tons in June from two million tons in May, as Ukraine-origin corn is uncompetitive compared to its American equivalent, producers’ union UAC said on Wednesday. Ukraine is a traditional corn grower and exporter and exports are expected at around 22 […] Read more
Stories by Pavel Polityuk
Good weather puts Russia, Ukraine on track for large grain crop
MOSCOW/KIEV, (Reuters) – Favourable weather during spring grain sowing in Black Sea producers Russia and Ukraine is increasing the chances of another large grain harvest due to healthy levels of soil moisture, analysts and traders said. Russia, a major global wheat exporter to North Africa and the Middle East, is so far on track to […] Read more
Ukraine seen set for bumper grain harvest, exports
KIEV, Sept 5 (Reuters) – UkrAgroConsult raised its forecast for Ukraine’s 2017-18 grain exports by 3.4 percent to 42.06 million tonnes on Tuesday underpinned by higher-than-expected harvest. The consultancy raised its grain harvest estimate to 63.2 million tonnes from 61.7 million a month ago citing a higher grain yield and larger harvested area, it said […] Read more
Poor weather may cut Ukraine winter grain area by 1.2 million acres – forecaster
KIEV, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Torrential rains across most Ukrainian regions after a severe drought could leave around 1.2 million acres of winter grain area unsown and winter wheat is under major threat, a senior state weather forecaster said on Tuesday. Ukraine’s winter wheat harvest is highly dependent on moisture content in the soil during […] Read more
Grain-starved millers face fraudulent traders in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine – Facing grain shortages not seen in more than 50 years, Ukrainian millers and traders are scrambling for wheat deals. Many now face a new kind of trader in the former Soviet republic’s market – a phantom grain trader offering bundles of wheat backed up with a sophisticated array of documents from banks, […] Read more
