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Prolonged frosts complicate auto logistics and inhibit sales by farmers who are waiting for more favorable conditions for grain sales and shipments, which leads to a further increase in demand prices at ports. Export demand prices for corn in Ukraine increased by $2-3/t to $207-211/t or UAH 10,200-10,250/t with delivery to Black Sea ports during the week due to a rather low supply from farmers. In Ukraine, about 8% of the corn crop remains unharvested, so farmers expect prices to rise...

According to the Monitoring Group of the Institute for Black Sea Strategic Studies, in 2025, the Russian Federation attacked ships in Odessa ports and the Black Sea waters 22 times, both directly on the ships themselves and on the port infrastructure in general, damaging 30 civilian ships, 8 vessels (barges and pontoons) and 1 warship, reports Economic Pravda. Among the crews of the ships and port infrastructure workers there are dead and wounded.   By month, the following were...

Canada's total wheat production, including durum varieties, reached a record 39.96 million tonnes, surpassing the previous record of 37.59 million tonnes set in the 2013/14 MY.   In the first quarter, wheat exports, excluding durum, also reached a historic high due to high demand from Bangladesh and China.   At the same time, the country's ports are working to change the transportation routes of agricultural cargo imported into the country, oilworld.ru reports,...

The sugar refining season in Ukraine ended on February 1, 2026. During the season, 26 factories of the Ukrtsukor association produced 1.64 million tons of sugar. Taking into account one more factory that is not part of the association, the total sugar production amounted to 1.72 million tons, latifundist.com reports.   Thus, despite the reduction in sugar beet sowing areas compared to the previous year by 23% or 50 thousand hectares, sugar production decreased by only 4% or 80...

According to Oil World, in the first 4 months of the 2025/26 MY, Canada exported only 0.2 million tons of canola to China (compared to 2.6 million tons in August-November 2024), which was due to the introduction of extremely high import duties by the PRC.   This season, the canola harvest in Canada has increased compared to last year from 17 million tons to a record 21.8 million tons, so the issue of exports to the main importer - China, which previously bought 6-7 million tons of...

Oil prices, after a recent speculative rise that supported vegetable oil prices, have turned lower this week. April Brent crude futures fell 3% to $67.3/barrel on Monday (after a 7% rise last week) and are set to continue falling amid US-Iran talks.   March palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia fell 0.7% to 4,213 ringgit/t or $1,070/t for the week, but are still at their highest level since October thanks to active exports to India . Malaysian palm oil exports in January rose 14.9-17.9%...

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 seeds36000Peas11300Buckwheat2700021500Coriander29250Corn997986988200 ↓ 280209220198 ↓ 1239Soybean hulls granulated150 ↑ 5Soybean meal14400320Sunflower...

According to analysts, as of January 30, soybeans were harvested in Brazil on 10% of the area (6% last year), and in the largest state - the soybean producer - on almost 25% of the area (12.2% last year, 12.6% on average over 5 years).   This year, the country's soybean acreage increased by 4% to a record 49.1 million hectares, which, against the backdrop of favorable weather throughout the season, allowed analysts to significantly increase harvest forecasts.   On...