China's total grain production reached a record of more than 700 million metric tons in 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday, as Beijing moves to boost output in its quest to achieve food security.
Russian wheat supplies to Syria have been suspended because of uncertainty about the new government and payment delays, Russian and Syrian sources said on Friday, while two vessels carrying Russian wheat for Syria did not reach their destinations.
The trade's initial reaction to the re-election of former United States President Donald Trump was bearish for soybeans and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade on Nov. 6. Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate announcement on Nov. 7 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's supply and demand report on Nov. 8 are likely to have a bullish effect on those commodities, said Allendale Inc. president Steve Georgy.
Ukrainian grain exports are expected to be down in the 2024/25 marketing year due to smaller crops, tighter carryout stocks and the ongoing challenges of shipping through the Black Sea, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service in Kyiv.
Russia's proposal for a new international grain exchange could take years to get off the ground even though the plan was welcomed by members of the BRICS group of countries at a summit this week in Kazan in Russia.
Despite a lack of activity in the feed grain markets, prices for feed barley and feed grain are trending lower, according to a grain broker from Edmonton.
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and corn futures dipped on Thursday on technical trading after surging to June highs this week. Wheat had climbed to a 3-1/2-month peak as traders monitored drought in the important Black Sea region and signs of possible Russian export caps. Corn exceeded a three-month peak on Wednesday, underpinned by […] Read more
Corn production in China is expected to increase to 293 million tonnes in 2024/25, said a report from the United States Department of Agriculture attache in Beijing, with improved yields overriding a slight reduction in harvested area.