Ukraine could face new challenges in its upcoming winter sowing campaign as high stocks, a shortage of storage together with tight and expensive logistics mean current domestic prices are already close to the cost of production before the harvest has even reached its active pace.

Ukraine has roughly 22 million tonnes of grain (wheat, maize, sunflower seed and other grains) in silos over the past few months, unable to reach the export markets.

Despite weather complications and minor pest and disease challenges, the 2022 US Northern Plains spring wheat crop is thriving and poised for large yields.

Challenges in agricultural production over the past decade and a renewed regulatory push could be setting the stage for the eventual introduction into the United States of biotechnologically engineered wheat ground for flour for domestic food use.

Most observers of the global agricultural market were focusing on the Black Sea at the weekend where UN representatives and the Turkish government engaged with the Russian and Ukrainian governments in an effort to extend the Black Sea grain deal, which has just expired.

The global wheat market has been in focus since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year. Many countries feared that they would not meet domestic needs because of supply constraints brought by the war in one of the major producing regions.

There's no question that celiac disease is on the rise, and non-celiac gluten sensitivity may be, as well.

Exports of grain from Ukraine were disrupted when Russia invaded the country in February 2022. But the rising concerns about global food security resulted in the United Nations and Turkey brokering a deal in July 2022 between Russia and Ukraine to allow the safe movement of grain from Ukraine to the world market while the war continued.

Wheat is finally becoming a “sexy” crop after years of being the ugly duckling, says an analyst.

A few weeks ago, Russia announced it is suspending its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative—the crucial UN agreement enabling continued exports of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea.

Wheat is the most widely planted crop on Earth by land mass, with 217 million hectares (536 million acres) — an area the size of Greenland — devoted to it.

We recently published an optimistic view about the 2023/24 global grains supplies outlook, drawing on data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

On Monday, 25 September, Russia unleashed airstrikes that destroyed Ukraine's grain storage facilities at the Black Sea Port in Odesa, dealing a big blow to dozens of countries that depend on Kyiv's grain to meet shortages.

Wheat prices are generally higher than at the start of the summer, but they’re still well below the levels seen at the same time in 2022.

This past week, we received comprehensive data about South Africa's winter crop conditions for the first time since the devastating floods in the Western Cape in September.