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In 2006, American companies ADM, Bunge, Cargill, China’s Cofco and Brazil’s Amaggi signed an agreement to protect the Amazon forests, which included a moratorium on soybean cultivation. Over two decades, this saved millions of acres of rainforest and traders received tax breaks worth $840 million between 2019 and 2024, including $269 million for ADM and Bunge each.   However, a new law in the state of Mato Grosso will eliminate tax breaks for program participants starting...

The weighted average purchase price of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine on CPT terminals, EXW elevators, CPT processors, FCA, CPT dollar, FOB, DAF, CIF The current year 2025 ends with a decrease in purchase export prices caused by constant shelling of the port infrastructure of the Odessa region, but even taking this into account, prices for wheat, corn, and sunflower generally remain at last year's level or higher. Sunflower prices in Ukraine have decreased by another 800-1000 UAH/t, but sales...

The shelling of the port infrastructure of the Odessa region and the damage to two oil extraction plants in the ports of Pivdennyi and Chornomorsk led to the suspension of their work and a decrease in the purchasing activity of processors.   Against this background, the purchase prices for sunflower in Ukraine fell by another 800-1000 UAH/t in a week to the lowest level this season of 26,000-27,500 UAH/t or $540-570/t excluding VAT (for 50% oil content) with delivery to the...

The world wheat market is approaching the midpoint of the 2025/26 season with confirmation of a record global harvest, which continues to pressure wheat prices on global exchanges, which are now trading 12-23% lower than at the end of 2024.   Fairly favorable conditions for sowing and developing winter wheat crops for the 2026 harvest in major exporting countries are putting additional pressure on prices. This pressure could intensify in the spring of 2026 if the crops emerge from...

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in 2025, the country's gross wheat harvest decreased by 13.7% compared to the previous year to 17.9 million tons.   At the same time, barley production decreased by 25.9% to 6.0 million tons, and corn production by 4.9% to 8.5 million tons.   Due to a poor harvest, Turkey is forced to increase grain imports. Thus, in the first 4 months of the current season, the country imported 1,432.3 thousand tons of wheat,...

As of December 25, 2025, Ukraine harvested 17.4 million tons of oilseeds (including soybeans) and 57.6 million tons of grain and leguminous crops, including 27.5 million tons of corn (of which 1 million tons in the last week).   During December 1-25, 3.8 million tons of agricultural products were exported (4.3 million tons for the same period last year), of which 416 thousand tons of wheat, 156 thousand tons of rapeseed, 1.7 million tons of corn, 65 thousand tons of barley, 280...

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, $ DAF, $ CIF, $ Wheat mill offals 6000 Mustard seeds 35000 30000 Peas 11000 Buckwheat 21000 Coriander 28500 Corn9639 8246 7800 ↓ 130 203 ...

Traders continue to closely monitor the weather in South America, which affects the formation of a good soybean and corn harvest.   Last week, almost all of Brazil, especially the drier south, received heavy rainfall, which continued to improve the condition of soybean and corn crops. Rainfall in east-central Brazil was slightly lower, but heavy rains are expected across the entire soybean growing region of Brazil next week, which will be very important for the pod filling stage....