HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) — Chicago wheat futures rose on Monday after Russia said it was withdrawing from the agreement for a wartime safe shipping channel for Ukraine’s grain exports. Corn and soybeans gained, following last week’s strength, with support from concerns over dry weather in the U.S. Midwest. Chicago Board of Trade’s most active wheat, […] Read more
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Black Sea wheat estimates difficult to pin down
Predictions vary wildly and global supplies could swing by millions of tonnes depending on which forecast proves correct
Black Sea wheat production forecasts are all over the map as analysts grapple with lingering uncertainty in that region. “There’s wildly varying estimates on production,” said MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett. Global supply of wheat could swing by millions of tonnes depending on which forecast proves correct. “This is the largest wheat-exporting region in the world […] Read more
Ukrainian farmers prepare for desert’s arrival
Ihor Pavliuk provides a first-hand look at the struggles of living in war-time Ukraine. To an enormous country like Canada, Ukraine might seem small. But it is the largest country that exists entirely within Europe. It has many natural landscapes — forests, mountains, forest-steppe (what you know as the parkland in Western Canada) and steppe […] Read more
Sunflower acres down; demand strong
John Sandbakken, executive director of the National Sunflower Association, said U.S. sunflower production jumped last year because of the war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine are major producers of sunflowers and the war pushed prices through the roof in the spring of 2022.
Crop protection supply chain sector finds new balance
Herbicide prices are dropping and further cuts are expected as global supply-demand situation becomes more balanced
Supply chain issues that recently plagued the crop protection industry appear to be a thing of the past. “The Canadian market is generally much better supplied this year than it was for the last two years,” said Cornie Thiessen, general manager of ADAMA Canada. There was strong global demand for pesticides last year because of […] Read more
Ukrainian story is not lost in translation
It’s been more than a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and The Western Producer continues to cover the implications for prairie growers. This mainly takes the form of markets stories as Ukraine’s difficulties growing crops and marketing them to the world play a role in commodity prices. However, the invasion isn’t just about numbers: acres […] Read more
Ukrainian crops at risk after dam collapses
KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) — Ukraine could lose several million tons of crops because of flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in the south of the country, the Ukrainian agriculture ministry said June 7. “Without a source of water supply, it is impossible to grow vegetables. Grain and oilseeds will be grown using […] Read more
Food prices fall to two-year low
Reuters — The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in May to its lowest in two years, as a slump in prices of vegetable oils, cereals and dairy outweighed increases for sugar and meat. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 124.3 points in […] Read more
Ukraine: protect the living, honour the dead
FIRST PERSON: As summer approaches, there is comfort in tradition as thoughts turn to harsh times yet to come
I admire my compatriots. Despite everything, they stubbornly do their job. Their thoughts are with hundreds of thousands of compatriots in military uniform who, despite everything, are steadfastly repelling the enemy.
Ukraine ag industry could benefit from more family farms
Volodymyr Ladyka, the rector and a professor of agriculture sciences at Sumy National Agrarian University in the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, is looking to the future and a time when returning soldiers will want to resume farming and help rebuild the sector. Many young soldiers are getting experience operating and repairing military equipment, which they can transfer to agriculture machinery.
