Analysis-US wheat farmers face bleak crop economics as grain oversupply hits
By Heather Schlitz (Reuters) – Profit is growing further out of reach for U.S. wheat farmers and many do not expect to break even in …
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Exclusive-Ukraine plans same 2024 sowing area as 2023, has concerns on wheat quality -minister
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine expects its 2024 spring sowing area to be the same as last year, though it could see a …
Lebanon buys about 30,000 metric tons wheat from Ukraine- traders
HAMBURG (Reuters) – The Lebanese government is believed to have purchased about 30,000 metric tons of milling wheat in a tender this week expected to …
Exclusive: China snaps up Australian, French wheat as crop damage spurs buying spree
By Naveen Thukral and Dominique Patton SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) – China is set to import record volumes of wheat this year, trading sources say, with rain …
Low wheat prices irk Kansas farmers, capping US winter wheat acreage
By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. farmers are about halfway done planting winter wheat for harvest in 2024, but acreage is expected to remain …
Argentina wheat sales stall as farmers wait for election, rains
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s sales of the upcoming wheat crop are the slowest in seven years, delayed by farmers waiting for …
Exclusive-Egypt buys nearly half a million tons of Russian wheat in private deal
By Sarah El Safty and Michael Hogan CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s state grains buyer bought about a half a million metric tons of Russian wheat …
Exclusive-Ukraine winter wheat sowing seen unchanged despite export crisis
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian farmers are not expected to reduce the area of winter wheat they sow for the 2024 harvest despite …
Kansas farmers abandon wheat fields after extreme drought
By Tom Polansek WICHITA, Kansas (Reuters) – Farmers in Kansas, the biggest U.S. producer of wheat used to make bread, are abandoning their crops after …
Explainer: Biotech corn and soy widely used, consumers still wary of GM wheat
By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Nearly all corn and soybean acres in the world’s largest exporting countries are seeded with genetically modified varieties, but …
Exclusive-Russian-annexed Crimea showers Syria with wheat, Ukraine cries foul
By Jonathan Saul, Maha El Dahan and Maya Gebeily LONDON/DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Using a low-profile fleet of ships under U.S. sanctions, Syria has this year …
India’s wheat stocks to fall further but sufficient, government says
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Wheat stocks in India’s government warehouses will fall by about 13% by early next month from current levels but will be …
Analysis-Ukraine’s sparse wheat plantings sow further trouble for global food security
By Pavel Polityuk, Maytaal Angel and Nigel Hunt KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) – War, rain and economic hardship have depressed Ukraine’s wheat plantings, depriving the nation of …
Exclusive-Argentina set to permit wheat export delays amid drought – sources
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government is set to announce measures, potentially within days, to allow wheat exporters to delay agreed shipments …
U.S. winter wheat farmers plant into dust as Plains drought persists
By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) – With planting roughly halfway complete, the 2023 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is already being hobbled by drought …
First ship carrying Ukraine wheat under U.N. deal docks in Turkey
ISTANBUL – The first ship carrying Ukrainian wheat to be exported under a U.N.-brokered deal arrived in Istanbul on Sunday, the Joint Coordination Centre based …
EU wheat eases with Chicago as Ukraine, exports assessed
PARIS – Euronext wheat prices fell on Wednesday in step with Chicago futures as progress in resuming maritime grain exports from war-torn Ukraine offset support …
Wheat prices rise as missile strike threatens Ukraine export pact
By Nigel Hunt LONDON – Wheat prices rose sharply on Monday as a missile strike on the Ukrainian port of Odesa over the weekend raised …
Millions risk undernourishment as wheat prices surge, FAO and OECD warn
PARIS – The war in Ukraine that has stalled its wheat exports will keep global prices high into the 2022/23 season, putting millions more people …
Exclusive-Argentina’s Bioceres to seek Australia approval to plant its GMO wheat next year, CEO says
By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON – Argentina’s Bioceres Crop Solutions plans to carry out field tests of its genetically modified drought resistant wheat in Australia …
Russia’s war may deprive world of three Ukrainian wheat harvests – minister
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will create a global wheat shortage for at least three seasons by keeping much of the …
Record Chinese wheat prices raise risk of pricier noodles
BEIJING – Chinese consumers are likely to have to pay more for food staples like noodles and bread this year, as record wheat prices in …
Column-World wheat squeeze set to worsen into 2023, price risks remain -Braun
By Karen Braun NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Despite global wheat prices trading at record highs for the time of year, market participants may have been too …
U.S. rains unlikely to help smallest Oklahoma wheat crop since 2014
CHICAGO – Rains this week in the U.S. Plains arrived too late to help much of the winter wheat in Oklahoma, the No. 2 U.S. …
White House seeks $500 million for farmers to grow more wheat, pay for market loans
By Leah Douglas and P.J. Huffstutter WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is asking Congress to approve $500 million for the farm sector, in a bid …
China exports to North Korea surge with edible oil, wheat flour in demand as trade resumes
BEIJING – China’s exports to North Korea surged in January-March with sales of edible oil, wheat flour and pharmaceutical compounds to its reclusive neighbour sky-rocketing …
Wheat prices soar on Ukraine fears, but U.S. growers can’t cash in
By Julie Ingwersen and P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO – After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent global wheat futures soaring, U.S. farmer Vance Ehmke was eager to …
Plains drought to curb U.S. wheat harvest, adding to global supply worries
By Karl Plume – A worsening drought in the southern U.S. Plains is threatening the region’s winter wheat crop just as the Ukraine crisis dents …
Britain’s Domino’s Pizza hedges against rising wheat prices
By Shanima A -The British franchisee of pizza chain Domino’s is expecting more cost inflation this year and has hedged itself against wheat prices which …
Ukraine crisis jeopardises Middle East’s Black Sea wheat supply
By Sarah El Safty and Hadeel Al Sayegh CAIRO – Wheat importers face a threat to delivering politically sensitive bread supplies across the Middle East …
Oil, gas, wheat and aluminium jump as Russia sanctions bite
By Pratima Desai LONDON – Oil prices jumped to near eight-year highs and wheat to 14-year peaks, while aluminium, Dutch gas and European coal prices …
French finance minister: keeping close eye on rising wheat prices
PARIS – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told BFM TV and RMC Radio on Wednesday that he was keeping a close eye on rising …
Analysis-Abundant lower-quality Asian wheat supplies to fill corn shortage
By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE – Record volumes of lower quality wheat from India and Australia are set to fill a gap left in Asia’s animal …