CHICAGO, (Reuters) – U.S. wheat futures rebounded on Thursday from two days of declines on concerns that a Black Sea export corridor deal may not be renewed next month, which could again disrupt grain shipments from Ukraine. Corn and soybeans pared earlier losses on spillover support from wheat and follow-through buying after the U.S. Department […] Read more
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Ukrainian refugees find peace in small town Sask.
The communities of Lemberg and Neudorf welcome several families fleeing the dangers created by the Russian invasion
LEMBERG, Sask. — Vitalii easily swings the large combine around as it gobbles up short swaths of crop between a slough and the road. He watches the monitors and listens to the messages coming through from the two other combines on the field, even though his English isn’t great. He’s been in Lemberg, Sask., less […] Read more
Ukraine war prompts worst global food crisis since 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) — The Ukraine war’s disruptions to grain and fertilizer flows have prompted the worst food security crisis since at least the one following the 2007-08 global financial meltdown, with some 345 million people now facing life-threatening shortages, the International Monetary Fund said Sept. 30. A new IMF research paper estimates that the […] Read more
Ukraine war delivers blow to snack food sector
Reduced sunflower oil exports cause headaches for manufacturers as they change labels to accommodate new oils
The war in Ukraine dropped a bomb on snack food manufacturers, says an industry official. “The supply chain was already fragile,” said Christine Cochran, president of SNAC International, which represents various stakeholders in the industry. “What the war in Ukraine did was take a fragile system and further degrade it.” Ukraine accounts for nearly half […] Read more
G20 ag ministers support Ukraine
Agriculture ministers from G20 countries meeting in Bali, Indonesia, in late September repeated their condemnation of the war in Ukraine and its effects on food security. Canadian minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said the country is steadfast in its support of Ukraine and Ukrainians. “Canada joined other G20 members in our condemnation of Russia’s brutal invasion of […] Read more
Global grain stocks near worrying decade low
The world’s buffer stocks of corn will be enough for just 80 days’ worth of consumption by the end of 2022-23 crop year
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — The world is heading toward the tightest grain inventories in years despite the resumption of exports from Ukraine because the shipments are too few and harvests from other major crop producers are smaller than initially expected, according to grain supply and crop forecast data. Poor weather in key agricultural regions from […] Read more
War delivers blow to snack food sector
The war in Ukraine dropped a bomb on snack food manufacturers, says an industry official. “The supply chain was already fragile,” said Christine Cochran, president of SNAC International, which represents various stakeholders in the industry. “What the war in Ukraine did was take a fragile system and further degrade it.” Ukraine accounts for nearly half […] Read more
New rural economy emerges in war-torn Ukraine
From value-added to increased livestock production, farmers in Ukraine have managed to adapt to the conditions of war
This story is a personal perspective from inside Ukraine by Ukrainian journalist Ihor Pavliuk. When we first heard the sounds of rocket explosions on Feb. 24, we were most alarmed. It took my entire credit card limit to fill up my car and buy a supply of groceries. At the time, I thought only a […] Read more
Free satellite images help in Ukraine
European company works to provide farmers in war-torn country with better information as Russian invasion continues
OneSoil, the European satellite imaging company willing to provide free services to every farm on Earth, is actively working with Ukrainian producers to provide them eye-in-the-sky visual precision agricultural images. Launched in Minsk, Belarus, in 2015, OneSoil is dedicated to bringing free satellite information to any farmer anywhere who wants it. It uses public data […] Read more
A deadly farm harvest of a very different kind
A former United States Army special forces green beret with eight combat deployments to Afghanistan has just completed a personal mission to clear farmland of landmines in war-torn Ukraine. Ryan Hendrickson has spent the last month searching for and diffusing hundreds of landmines left by the retreating Russian soldiers. On top of that, he has […] Read more
