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Prairie cash wheat: durum soars as red spring falls back
Steep increases following Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports were gone by mid-week
EU looks to cover transport costs for Ukraine grain exports by land
About 60 per cent of Ukraine's exports were shipped via solidarity lanes when the Black Sea deal was in operation
Brussels | Reuters – The European Union is ready to export almost all of Ukraine’s farm produce via “solidarity lanes” and help cover costs after Russia withdrew from a U.N.-backed […] Read more
Russia attacks Ukraine’s vital Danube grain export route
Ukrainian foreign minister calls for global response to 'food terrorism'
Kyiv | Reuters – Russia destroyed Ukrainian grain warehouses on the Danube River in a drone attack on Monday, targeting a vital export route for Kyiv in an expanding air […] Read more
Russian diplomat accuses Ukraine of using Black Sea grain corridor for attacks
Russia says it's negotiating exports of food to countries most in need
Moscow | Reuters – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin on Friday accused Ukraine of using a grain export corridor in the Black Sea to launch “terrorist attacks” against Russian […] Read more
Russia delivers Black Sea warning as Ukraine decries ‘hellish’ grain port attacks
Russian missiles strike Odesa for second night in a row
Kyiv | Reuters — Russia warned that from Thursday any ships sailing to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports would be seen as potentially carrying military cargoes, as Kyiv accused Moscow of […] Read more
US Grains: wheat futures end firmer amid Black Sea supply worries
Ukrainian officials said Russian air strikes damaged the port of Odesa
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures finished stronger on Tuesday after Ukrainian officials said Russian air strikes damaged infrastructure at the port of Odesa, a day […] Read more
Insurers seen reviewing Black Sea ship cover after Russia quits deal
Last ship covered under deal left Sunday
London | Reuters — Insurers are reviewing whether to freeze cover for any ships willing to sail to Ukraine after Russia on Monday quit a UN-backed deal that allows the […] Read more
Grain shipping deal can operate without Russia, Zelenskyy says
'Blackmail is not allowed for anyone'
Kyiv | Reuters — The Black Sea grain shipment deal must continue and could operate without Russian participation after Moscow’s withdrawal on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Ukraine, Zelenskyy […] Read more
UN waits for Russian answer as Black Sea deal deadline looms
U.S. says Russia using grain deal 'as a weapon'
United Nations | Reuters — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is still waiting for a response from Russian President Vladimir Putin on a proposal to extend a deal allowing the safe […] Read more
From Ukraine: Farmers prepare for the onslaught of the desert
When the Nova Kakhovka dam was breached, it lit the fuse on slow motion agricultural disaster
To an enormous country like Canada, Ukraine might seem small, but it is the largest country that exists entirely within Europe. There are many natural landscapes present here — forests, […] Read more
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