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Good productive rainfall occurred in late May and early June in almost all regions of the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Stock market quotes for grain and oilseed crops lost speculative support and began to decline.   Drought-stricken Midwest regions have seen showers and thunderstorms this week, improving the health of corn and soybean crops. In some states, such as Missouri, rainfall was excessive, leading to flooding in fields.   July soybean futures on...

Heavy and prolonged rains in China's main wheat-growing areas during the harvest season have damaged the quality of the crop, which could lead to increased imports in the near future. Experts estimate that 4.8-10 million tons of wheat sprouted due to excessive moisture, making it unsuitable for processing into flour.   Despite the deterioration in quality, the winter wheat harvest will be quite high, as the volumes of low-quality grain in the main agricultural regions will be...

According to the Ministry of Economy, as of June 2, 5.84 million hectares or 97% of the planned area was sown with grain and leguminous crops in Ukraine, and 6.9 million hectares or 95% of the planned area was sown with industrial crops.   In terms of crops, on the specified date the following were sown: corn – 4.34 million hectares (98% of the forecast), spring barley — 713.4 thousand hectares (95%), peas — 259.5 thousand hectares (95%), spring wheat...

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 CPT terminal, $ FOB, $ DAF, $ CIF, $ Wheat mill offals6100 ↓ 250Mustard seeds35000Peas11300Coriander32000Corn11240 ↓ 1309717 ↓ 1469500 ↓ 20224215Lupine13000Chickpea24000Sunflower oil13001150Wheat grade II11063 ↓ 649410 ↓...

Egypt is actively replenishing state grain reserves and has already purchased 4.3 million tons of new crop wheat from local farmers, which is 86% of the planned volume of purchases (5 million tons), the country's Ministry of Agriculture reports.   The high pace of deliveries was made possible by measures to support farmers, including financial incentives and simplified grain acceptance procedures. The country's authorities consider wheat a strategic crop that ensures the...

According to the National Sugar Association "Ukrsugar", during September-May of the 2025/26 season, Ukraine exported 504 thousand tons of sugar.   Almost 21% of this volume was delivered to Lebanon, 18% to the EU, 14% to Syria and 12% to Uzbekistan.   In the first 9 months of the current season, Middle Eastern countries purchased 50% of the total volume of sugar exported from Ukraine, making the region the main sales market for domestic producers.

High soybean oil prices in the US and delayed canola planting in Canada are supporting canola quotes in Winnipeg and rapeseed in Paris, while forecasts that oil prices will remain at $100/barrel are boosting demand for biofuels and new crop rapeseed.   The late spring has significantly delayed canola planting in Canada, so as of May 25, only 38% of the planned area had been sown with oilseeds in the country (83% in 2025 and 71% in 2024), in particular in the province of Saskatchewan...

According to the APK-Inform agency, during the week, prices for new crop fodder barley in the ports of Greater Odessa gradually decreased under the pressure of falling quotations on adjacent fodder crop markets, significant carry-over stocks, and forecasts of a good harvest, which reduced demand from importers.   As of June 3, the demand prices for feed barley decreased by $1-3/t to $197-208/t CPT port, which is almost in line with the level of last year, when at this time barley was...