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Ag Trade: “Relative Optimism” on Black Sea Grain Export Deal, Some Mississippi River Grain Terminals “Halt” Deliveries Oct 27, 2022
Reuters writer Michelle Nichols reported yesterday that, “United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Wednesday that he was ‘relatively optimistic‘ that a U.N.-brokered deal that allowed a resumption of Ukraine Black Sea grain […]
Ag Trade: “Mixed Rhetoric” Surrounds Renewal of Black Sea Grain Deal Oct 26, 2022
Dow Jones writer Will Horner reported yesterday that, “The future of the Black Sea grains deal is shaping up to be agricultural markets’ key concern this week, while weather for South American […]
Mississippi River Barge Traffic “Continued to Struggle,” as “Active and Intensive” Discussions Occur on Black Sea Export Deal Oct 24, 2022
Cameron McWhirter reported in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal that, “Barge traffic continued to struggle along the Mississippi River and its tributaries as low water caused boats and barges to run aground on sandbars up […]
Ag Trade: Soybean, Corn Exports Lagging; Black Sea Export Discussions Continue Oct 19, 2022
Bloomberg writers Michael Hirtzer and Diego Lasarte reported yesterday that, “Drought has again closed a portion of the Mississippi River — and this time shrunk a part of the major US waterway […]
Ag Trade: Mississippi River Flow a Continuing Concern, Rising Dollar Impacts Importers Oct 17, 2022
Cameron McWhirter reported in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal that, “Sections of the Mississippi River are approaching low water levels not seen in more than three decades, disrupting a vital supply lane […]
Ag Trade: Mississippi Water Level Worries Persist, Russia Concerned About Black Sea Export Deal Oct 14, 2022
Don Lee reported on the front page of today’s Los Angeles Times that, “That turkey you’re planning for the big family get-together is going to give you a nasty peck on the pocketbook. […]
Wheat Climbs to Highest Price Since June as Black Sea Tensions Rise; Transportation Variables in Focus Oct 11, 2022
Bloomberg writers Kim Chipman and Megan Durisin reported yesterday that, “Wheat closed at the highest price since June as traders considered a worsening Russia-Ukraine war against lackluster US grain demand. “The futures […]
Ag Trade: Wheat Climbs Following Ukraine Bridge Attack; Mississippi Logjam Eases Oct 10, 2022
Financial Times writers Roman Olearchyk, Mehul Srivastava, Max Seddon, and Christopher Miller reported today that, “Vladimir Putin has described Russia’s massive airstrikes on Ukraine, its most extensive since the early weeks […]
Ag Trade: 218 Ships Have Left Ukraine Under Black Sea Export Deal; U.S. Thanksgiving Turkey Prices in Focus Sep 26, 2022
Reuters writer Pavel Polityuk reported late last week that, “A total of 211 ships with 4.7 million tonnes of agricultural products on board have left Ukraine so far under a deal brokered by […]
Ag Trade: Russia Wheat Harvest Could Reach Record, but Exports Stymied; Ukraine Begins Corn Harvest Sep 26, 2022
Bloomberg writer Aine Quinn reported today that, “Russia’s wheat harvest could reach a historic 100 million tons, according to consultant SovEcon, with the commodity piling up at home as the nation struggles to export large […]
