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May canola futures in Paris continued to rise this week amid tight supply, but forecasts of a larger harvest in the new season and low canola prices in Canada and Australia are limiting the rise in new crop canola prices.   On the Paris exchange, May rapeseed futures fell 14% in the first half of March, but rose 11.8% in the second half to €521/t or $562/t, losing 2.1% in the month due to uncertainty over canola supplies from Canada to the EU after the imposition of tariffs....

Export prices for wheat demand in Ukraine, after a rapid increase last week, fell by another 50-100 UAH/t yesterday to 10,600-10,700 UAH/t or $226-227/t for feed wheat and to 10,650-11,000 UAH/t or $228-334/t for food wheat.   The number of offers from farmers has increased sharply due to seasonal sales and improved crop conditions after recent rainfall.   Wheat quotes on world exchanges fell by 1.8-2.2% on Monday, and then in three sessions, the nearest soft wheat quotes...

Experts from the USDA and the Brazilian agency Conab usually underestimate the soybean harvest in Brazil in their initial forecasts, as has been the case for 7 of the last 10 years.   The USDA will release its 2025/26 Brazilian production forecast on May 12, while Conab will release it a few months later. However, last week, the USDA representative in Brazil estimated the 2025/26 soybean harvest at a record 173 million tons, 2% above the current season.   The USDA...

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 offals 6700 Mustard seeds 25000 Peas 13500 Rye 12000 Rye grade II 11175 Coriander 27000 ...

Fertilizers play a key role in increasing crop yields and quality. They provide plants with essential micro and macronutrients, improve soil fertility, and help farmers achieve stable and high yields. Without proper nutrition, plants become vulnerable to stress factors, diseases, and adverse weather conditions.   Magnesium sulfate is the key to effective nutrition   One of the main products of the plant is crystalline magnesium sulfate heptahydrate (MgSO4 * 7H2O). This is...

Amid new tariff wars, the US administration is trying to increase supplies of American agricultural products to India, with the US most interested in exporting soybeans, corn, and cotton.   Recall that the United States is the world's largest exporter of these goods, the total value of exports of which in 2022 amounted to $62 billion.   At the same time, China is the main buyer of American soybeans, cotton and corn, although it reduced soybean imports from $17.9 to...

Demand prices for sunflower oil in Ukraine have started to fall again under the pressure of falling prices for palm and soybean oil, which has led to a decrease in sunflower prices.   Since Monday, demand prices for sunflower oil delivered to Black Sea ports have fallen by $10-15/t to $1,120-1,125/t following a 3% drop in palm oil prices.   Due to the fall in the euro exchange rate against the dollar, demand prices for oil from EU countries dropped to $1,140-1,160/t with...

The US President has announced a 25% tariff on all cars manufactured outside the US, starting on April 2, which Trump has called “Liberation Day”. On the same day, he plans to announce mirror tariffs against the country’s trading partners, and they will apply to all countries, and not just those with the largest trade deficits with the US, as previously reported by the media. Trump promises that “these tariffs will be very soft, and in some cases even lower than the...