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In March 2025, Ukraine increased its exports of agricultural products by 9.8% compared to February to 5.4 million tons, with the largest increase in exports of oilcake (by 42%) and oil (29%).   Thus, exports of the main commodity items in March increased compared to the previous month: grain crops – by 5% to 3.6 million tons (of which corn accounted for 66%, wheat - 31%, barley - 2%), oilseeds – by 4% to 433.6 thousand tons (of which soybeans accounted for 85%,...

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 6800 Mustard seeds 25000 Peas 13500 Rye 12000 Rye grade II 11175 Coriander 27000 Corn10554 9740 ...

President Trump plans to announce a large-scale tariff reform on April 2, which will become not only a source of revenue and geopolitical leverage, but also the largest intervention in the US economy in the last century, which will change the architecture of world trade. The format of the reform is still unknown, but panic is growing in the markets, and experts are talking about the threat of stagflation in the US, a global recession and the world's distrust of the US as a reliable partner....

According to forecasts by five analysts and traders surveyed by Reuters, in the 2025/26 MY, Australian wheat production will be 16.1% lower than the previous season's record harvest, estimated by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural Economics (ABARES) at 34.1 million tonnes, as drought in some regions of the country greatly reduces soil moisture.   Wheat harvest forecasts vary from 27 to 30.752 million tons, with the average estimate being 28.6 million tons, while ABARES...

U.S. soybean oil futures and RIN credit prices rose sharply this week after oil and biofuel industry officials began discussing increasing biofuel blending mandates to present their proposals to the Trump administration. But the price hike is purely speculative, as such a move would raise fuel prices by 10-15%, something Trump had promised to reduce before the election.   May soybean oil futures on the Chicago Board of Trade yesterday rose another 5.6% to $1,046/t (+12.3% for the...

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 offals 6800 Mustard seeds 25000 Peas 13500 Rye 12000 Rye grade II 11175 Coriander 27000 ...

In the Prospective Plantings report (with forecasts of sowing areas in the United States in 2025) published on March 31, USDA experts unexpectedly lowered the estimate of wheat sowing areas, but increased the forecast of corn sowing areas.   Corn acreage is expected to increase 5% from 90.6 million acres (38.6 million hectares) in 2024, 1% above analysts' average estimate, while soybean acreage is expected to decrease 4% from 87.1 million acres to 83.5 million acres, compared to...

Unexpected for the market data from the NASS USDA report on sowing areas in the US led to an increase in wheat quotes on world exchanges by 1-1.9%.   According to the Prospective Plantings report released on March 31, in 2025, the area sown to all types of wheat in the United States will decrease by 2% compared to 2024, from 46.1 to 45.4 million acres, which will be the second lowest figure since 2019, while analysts estimated them at 47 million acres in February and 46.5 million...