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The weighted average purchase price of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine on CPT terminals, EXW elevators, CPT processors, FCA, CPT dollar, FOB, DAF, CIF USDA reports on US plantings and stocks did not bring any surprises, so markets remain under pressure from falling oil prices and increasing harvest forecasts amid favorable weather conditions. In Ukraine, farmers are in no hurry to sell the new crop, expecting further price increases due to reduced production, so traders continue to gradually...

Favorable weather conditions in the US continue to improve the condition of soybean crops, which increases the pressure on quotes for the new crop, despite forecasts of a slight decrease in the area sown in the US.   On the Chicago Board of Trade, July soybean futures fell 3.3% to $376.3/t (-1% per month) over the week, and November futures fell 1.9% to $377.4/t under pressure from data on reduced exports and increased stocks of the old crop, as well as favorable planting weather in...

Data on corn stocks and plantings in the US are in line with analysts' forecasts, but corn quotes remain under pressure from favorable weather in the US and improved crop forecasts for Brazil.   According to USDA reports: - US corn stocks as of June 1 amounted to 117.96 million tons, which is 9 million tons lower than last year, but in line with the average estimates of analysts; -corn plantings in the US amounted to 95.2 million acres, which is 150 thousand acres below...

Yesterday, several bearish USDA reports increased pressure on wheat stock quotes (which fell by 3.9-8.7% last week), but in Ukraine, forecasts of a reduced harvest led to a slight increase in export prices.   According to USDA reports: - wheat stocks in the US as of June 1 amounted to 23.15 million tons, which exceeded trade forecasts by 1.8% and last year's figure by 4.19 million tons; - wheat plantings in the US amounted to 45.478 million acres, which exceeded trade...

StatCan (Statistics Canada) has released an updated report on the 2025/26 MY crop area, according to which:   Canola: Crop area forecast lowered to 21.46 million acres : 0.9% less than the March estimate, 2.5% less than in 2024/25 MY, 1.2% below the 5-year average . The main reasons for the reduction: doubts about conditions on the prairies and trade difficulties. Despite the decrease in area, the forecast for canola production increased to 19.2...

The weighted average purchase price of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine on CPT terminals, EXW elevators, CPT processors, FCA, CPT dollar, FOB, DAF, CIF Markets remain under pressure from news about the progress of the harvest and initial yield estimates, but overall the weather is still favorable for the development of early crops. Canola prices continued to decline and put pressure on rapeseed prices in Europe amid renewed escalation of trade relations between the US and Canada. In Ukraine,...

On Friday, President Trump announced the immediate end of all trade negotiations with Canada and threatened new tariffs after Canada announced a 3% digital income tax on American technology companies.   This added pressure to Canadian canola futures, which fell 2% on the day and 8.9% on the week.   Canada's finance ministry later announced the repeal of a digital services tax that was aimed at American technology companies in order to advance trade talks with the US...

According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, as of June 26, 188.1 thousand tons of grain and leguminous crops were harvested in Ukraine from 74.3 thousand hectares with an average yield of 2.53 tons/ha, while last year, as of June 27, 721.4 thousand tons were threshed from 209.8 thousand hectares with an average yield of 3.44 tons/ha.   Currently collected: barley – from 55.4 thousand hectares 151.6 thousand tons with a yield of 2.74 tons/hectare, wheat – from...