Nutrien said on Wednesday it doesn't think the proposed Black Sea shipping deal between Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. will significantly affect the North American or global fertilizer market this year.
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a number of conditions must be met before a Black Sea maritime security deal negotiated with the United States can be activated, pointing to an earlier agreement which it said saw Moscow's needs ignored.
The United States said on Tuesday it has reached separate agreements with Ukraine and Russia to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and to implement a ban on attacks by the two countries on each other's energy facilities.
Late winter frosts in Russia's southern breadbasket regions are unlikely to inflict significant damage on winter crops, the state weather forecasting agency said on Monday in a forecast for the end of February.
The European Union's sanctions on vessels transporting Russian grain, along with Turkey's wheat import ban, impacted Russian grain exports at the end of 2024, the country's central bank said on Thursday.
A mild winter with record warm temperatures in many agricultural regions of Russia, viewed by scientists as a sign of climate change, is helping winter crops to survive, state weather agency chief Roman Vilfand said on Wednesday.
Russia on Monday extended quotas on the import of certain types of seed from countries designated as "unfriendly", the Interfax news agency reported, citing the Russian government's press service.
Conditions for winter wheat crops will worsen in Russia's Central and Volga areas in January as warmer-than-usual weather and excess moisture causes sprouts to keep growing during the winter, the state weather agency said on Saturday.
Grain and oilseed markets had their ups and downs in 2024, with wars, labour unrest, trade disputes and politics often providing more direction than the traditional supply/demand fundamentals.
Securing access for Russia's winter wheat and barley to the Chinese market remains a priority for the coming year, Russia's agricultural watchdog said on Tuesday, even though the market expects Russia's grain harvest and exports to fall.