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Sunflower prices in Romania are rising rapidly amid unusually high demand from Turkey, which has increased sunflower imports from the Black Sea region due to a reduction in its own harvest.   The situation is complicated by regional shortages and logistical problems in importing Ukrainian sunflower oil, as well as internal competition between Romanian processors and exporters.   Currently, the country's sunflower export volumes have already exceeded the average annual...

According to market participants, the Jordanian state agency MIT purchased, as planned, 120 thousand tons of food wheat of any origin in an international tender on February 10 in two batches of 60 thousand tons each from operators Cargill and Buildcom at a price of $264.5/ton C&F.   The first of the specified batches must be delivered to the buyer between May 1-15, the second between May 16-31, 2026. Wheat was also offered at the tender by Ameropa (at a price of $269/t),...

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 seeds36000Peas11300Buckwheat2700021500Coriander32000 ↑ 1000Corn10142 ↑ 21880088008500 ↓ 114213221199239Soybean hulls granulated150 ↑ 5rapeseed...

Yesterday, USDA experts increased the forecast for global vegetable oil production by 0.88 million tons to 235.1 million tons (230 million tons in 2024/25 MY) due to increased production of palm and soybean oil.   March palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia fell 2.9% to 4,095 ringgit/t or $1,044/t on the week as Malaysian palm oil exports fell 14% in the first 10 days of February compared to the same period in January. Prices were supported by an MPOC report showing that Malaysian palm...

In the February world oilseed balance for 2025/26 MY, FAS USDA experts again increased (compared to January estimates) the forecast for world oilseed production by 2.63 million tons to 695.78 million tons (684.9 million tons in 2024/25 MY and 657.4 million tons in 2023/24 MY), in particular soybean production by 2.5 million tons. The forecast for world ending oilseed stocks was increased by 1.23 million tons to 146.3 (142.1) million tons due to increased production.   The forecast...

USDA experts in the February supply and demand report for the 2025/26 MY slightly increased global forecasts for corn consumption, imports and exports, and also lowered the estimate of global stocks, but quotes in Chicago practically did not react to this.   Compared to January estimates, the world corn balance for the 2025/26 MY has undergone the following changes:   The forecast for initial reserves has been reduced by 0.35 million tons to 294.35 (315.45 in 2024/25...

USDA experts made very little change to the February balance of supply and demand for wheat, so stock market quotes did not change yesterday, and only winter wheat in the US rose in price by 3.3% in a month due to speculation about the impact of frost on crops.   Compared to January estimates, the world wheat balance for the 2025/26 MY has undergone the following changes:   The forecast for world wheat production has been reduced by 0.37 million tons to 841.8 million...

Frosts continue to delay grain deliveries to Ukrainian ports, keeping purchase prices high. In addition, some experts believe that severe January frosts could have damaged up to 20% of winter crop crops, especially in the east and south, where snow cover was low, which is also keeping farmers from selling.   During the week, export purchase prices for wheat in Ukraine increased by 50-100 UAH/t to 10,400-10,550 UAH/t or $214-216/t for food wheat and 10,100-10,200 UAH/t or $206-208/t...