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 slight decrease in the worst case scenario,…
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 stable or decrease from last year because…
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 heavier rainfall and gambling on the result…
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 in a private deal, four traders told…
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 higher logistics costs due to the wartime…
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 a severe drought and damaging cold ravaged…
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 that is not the case for wheat,…
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 sharply increased wheat imports from the Black…
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 sufficient for welfare schemes of the country,…
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 vital export earnings in 2023 and heralding…
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 after a major drought hammered the crop,…
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 in the heart of the southern Plains,…
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 in the Turkish city, said. The Belize-flagged…
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 from brisk international demand, traders said. December…
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 doubts about whether it will be possible…
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 at risk of undernourishment, the United Nations’…
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 and seek planting approvals next year, Chief…
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 Ukrainian crop from markets, pushing prices to…
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 the world’s top consumer of the grain…
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 optimistic on the supply outlook for the…
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. producer of the grain, where farmers will…
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 to woo U.S. wheat producers to double-crop…
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 after a COVID-induced pause, Chinese customs data…
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 sell his grain. Local prices shot up…
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 global supplies. Some farmers in southwestern Kansas,…
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 have soared in response to the conflict…
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