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Ukrainian farmers continue to hold back sales of their produce, but while initially the reason was adverse weather conditions, now everyone expects further price increases. As a result, traders are forced to raise prices for quick deliveries.   The sharp increase in prices for feed wheat to UAH 10,200/t and corn to UAH 10,400-10,500/t with delivery to ports also contributes to the increase in prices for barley.   In Ukraine, during the week, prices for feed barley with...

Demand prices for corn in Ukrainian ports continue to rise, so farmers are in no hurry to increase sales, expecting better prices, although the weather is helping to improve logistics.   During the week, export demand prices for corn in Ukraine increased by $3-4/t to $213-215/t or UAH 10,350-10,500/t with delivery to Black Sea ports, and to UAH 9,400-9,600/t ex-elevator, but the supply from farmers remains low.   In Ukraine, about 8% of corn crops remain unharvested, so...

Sunflower prices in Romania are rising rapidly amid unusually high demand from Turkey, which has increased sunflower imports from the Black Sea region due to a reduction in its own harvest.   The situation is complicated by regional shortages and logistical problems in importing Ukrainian sunflower oil, as well as internal competition between Romanian processors and exporters.   Currently, the country's sunflower export volumes have already exceeded the average annual...

According to market participants, the Jordanian state agency MIT purchased, as planned, 120 thousand tons of food wheat of any origin in an international tender on February 10 in two batches of 60 thousand tons each from operators Cargill and Buildcom at a price of $264.5/ton C&F.   The first of the specified batches must be delivered to the buyer between May 1-15, the second between May 16-31, 2026. Wheat was also offered at the tender by Ameropa (at a price of $269/t),...

The weighted average purchase price of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine on CPT terminals, EXW elevators, CPT processors, FCA, CPT dollar, FOB, DAF, CIF Purchase prices in Ukraine  CPT terminal, UAH EXW elevators, UAH CPT processor, UAH FCA, UAH FCA, $ CPT terminal, $ FOB, $ DAF, $ CIF, $ Wheat mill offals6000 ↓ 250Mustard seeds36000Peas11300Buckwheat2700021500Coriander32000 ↑ 1000Corn10142 ↑ 21880088008500 ↓ 114213221199239Soybean hulls granulated150 ↑ 5rapeseed...

Yesterday, USDA experts increased the forecast for global vegetable oil production by 0.88 million tons to 235.1 million tons (230 million tons in 2024/25 MY) due to increased production of palm and soybean oil.   March palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia fell 2.9% to 4,095 ringgit/t or $1,044/t on the week as Malaysian palm oil exports fell 14% in the first 10 days of February compared to the same period in January. Prices were supported by an MPOC report showing that Malaysian palm...

In the February world oilseed balance for 2025/26 MY, FAS USDA experts again increased (compared to January estimates) the forecast for world oilseed production by 2.63 million tons to 695.78 million tons (684.9 million tons in 2024/25 MY and 657.4 million tons in 2023/24 MY), in particular soybean production by 2.5 million tons. The forecast for world ending oilseed stocks was increased by 1.23 million tons to 146.3 (142.1) million tons due to increased production.   The forecast...

USDA experts in the February supply and demand report for the 2025/26 MY slightly increased global forecasts for corn consumption, imports and exports, and also lowered the estimate of global stocks, but quotes in Chicago practically did not react to this.   Compared to January estimates, the world corn balance for the 2025/26 MY has undergone the following changes:   The forecast for initial reserves has been reduced by 0.35 million tons to 294.35 (315.45 in 2024/25...