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Global Markets: Coarse Grains – EU Corn Imports Remain High with Smaller Crop Oct 12, 2022
Under withering drought, the European Union is anticipating the smallest corn crop since 2007/08 with production forecast down 21 percent year-over-year. As a result, imports reached substantial volumes in the […]
Global Markets: Coarse Grains – Vietnamese Corn Imports Lowest Since 2017/18 Sep 25, 2022
From 2018/19 to 2020/21, Vietnam imported over 10 million tons of corn annually, largely to meet growing domestic feed demand for swine, poultry, and aquaculture. However, at current reduced monthly […]
Global Markets: Wheat – EU Exports Expand but Constrained by Strong Competition Sep 25, 2022
Since the beginning of 2022/23 (July/June), EU wheat exports have started strong with July-August exports over 6 million tons cumulatively. Supported by ample beginning stocks, exports are expected to rise […]
Ag Trade: Tentative Rail Agreement Averts Strike; EU Drought Toll Continues; Ukraine Winter Wheat Sowing Begins Sep 21, 2022
Wall Street Journal writer Ken Thomas reported today that, “The White House said Thursday it had reached a tentative agreement to avoid a potential railway strike that threatened to shut down a crucial vein […]
Drought Dents Crop Production Outlook in U.S., EU and China; Ukraine Production Concerns Persist Aug 27, 2022
Dow Jones writer Paulo Trevisani reported yesterday that, “Initial reports from the Pro Farmer crop tour point to disappointing yield potential.” The Dow Jones article noted that, “While yield counts from the eastern portion […]
Drought Negatively Impacting China, the U.S. and Europe; Ukrainian Black Sea Exports Continue Aug 23, 2022
Matthew Dalton, Jim Carlton and Sha Hua reported on the front page of today’s Wall Street Journal that, “Severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere—stretching from the farms of California to waterways in Europe and China—are […]
Grains: Drought, Hot Temperatures Negatively Impact European Union Production Aug 17, 2022
In its monthly World Agricultural Production report Friday, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) indicated that, “European Union (EU) (MY) 2022/23 corn production is forecast at 60.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 12 percent from last month, 15 […]
Food Security: EU to Aid Farmers, Free Up Fallow Land; U.S. Farm Groups Request CRP Flexibility Mar 24, 2022
Bloomberg News reported yesterday that, “The European Union is proposing a 1.5 billion-euro ($1.65 billion) funding package for farmers, plus freeing up fallow land for crops as it seeks to shore up food security after […]
Rice Market: EU Retaliatory Tariffs Lifted, Sights Shift to UK Negotiations Jan 7, 2022
Last November, the European Commission published a draft regulation formally repealing the 25 percent retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, including milled and broken rice entering the European Union (EU). The […]
Ag Trade: U.S.-E.U. Drop Steel, Aluminum Dispute – DTN Nov 2, 2021
Agricultural and business groups on Sunday largely stated their support for a deal struck by President Joe Biden’s administration and the European Union to dial back tariffs on EU steel […]
