Sluggish production blamed on adverse weather conditions and high input costs that lead to reduced fertilizer use SASKATOON — Rising demand and below-trend yields is leading to a tightness in global supply of the major crops, says one of the world’s largest crop input suppliers.The global stocks-to-use ratio for the major crops, excluding China, has […] Read more
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What is war fatigue?
In 2023, Ukraine will celebrate Christmas for the second time on Dec. 25, instead of Jan. 7, as it was before. Frankly speaking, my friends are divided into two camps — some will celebrate Christmas in a new way, others do not want to change anything. However, this is far from the biggest problem in […] Read more
Russia’s cancellation of grain deal sparks food security fears
Russia’s recent decision to terminate the Black Sea grain agreement, which had facilitated the shipment of large amounts of Ukrainian grain to 45 countries, has once again raised global food security concerns. The war between Russia and Ukraine, which started in February 2022, has put nearly half of Ukraine’s food exports, primarily destined for developing […] Read more
Ukrainian hog producers cope with long power cuts
DES MOINES, Iowa — Like most farmers at the World Pork Expo, Yaroslav Bondar was there to pick up the newest ideas about hog production. But unlike most producers there, he’d been trying to manage tens of thousands of feeder pigs while cruise missiles slammed into nearby powerplants and threw his barns into darkness for […] Read more
Black Sea wheat estimates difficult to pin down
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
