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Granaries in the Odesa region of Southern Ukraine, June 22, 2022. With ports remaining closed despite international efforts to reach a deal, harvests are getting underway with storages still loaded with last year’s crops.
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Opinion: Grain dead end

Ukrainian farmers may soon be forced to make hard decisions about next season

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Glacier FarmMedia – Two years ago, when the coronavirus pandemic swept the world, I didn’t worry about Ukrainian farmers at all.  They calmly did their work, plowed the land, sowed and harvested. If in Ukrainian cities there was a difficult situation with COVID-19, the farmers almost did not notice it. A year earlier, Ukraine’s fields […] Read more
'If we cannot export another 50 to 60 million tons of grain from the next harvest, this will lead to famine in many regions of Africa and Asia.
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Opinion: Stepping ever closer to world hunger

While Ukraine can export a lot of grain, it’s not being allowed to do so

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A month ago, a photo of a peasant household in one of the villages of northern Ukraine, liberated from Russian troops, was spread around social networks. It showed the occupiers had deliberately scattered grain over dirt so that it could not be used. I have already talked about the huge losses suffered by Ukrainian farmers […] Read more
Wheat production is in good shape in the Northern Hemisphere, but trade flows are a different story. All eyes are on Russia for future market direction.
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Wheat production is in good shape, but trade flows uncertain

Ensuring Russia can satisfy traditional wheat markets will take political will

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Over the past 30 days, as of mid-June, the Ontario growing region received normal to above normal precipitation and temperatures were two to three degrees Celsius above average levels. In some cases, the northern regions received record rainfall.  Corn, soybean and wheat crops are experiencing greenhouse conditions. At this stage of the growing season, we […] Read more
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Ukraine grain exports 48 per cent down so far in June

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Reuters – Ukrainian grain exports in the first 22 days of June fell by 48 per cent from a year earlier to 907,000 tonnes, agriculture ministry data showed on Wednesday. The volumes included 803,000 tonnes of corn, 78,000 tonnes of wheat and 21,000 tonnes of barley, the data showed. Ukraine exported up to 6 million […] Read more
Ottawa will not ease Russian fertilizer tariff
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Ottawa will not ease Russian fertilizer tariff

Opposition says lack of government action hurts Canadian farmers

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Glacier FarmMedia – Ottawa will not exempt buyers from the tariffs on Russian fertilizer even if the purchases were made before sanctions were imposed March 2. The Conservatives pressed the government during question period late last month and again in the House of Commons agriculture committee. Agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said the 35 per cent […] Read more
Closure of all sea ports in the Ukraine has meant that Canadian companies CanGro and North American Plant Genetics couldn’t ship seed into the country. Although this means a financial hit, both companies agree the health and welfare of their customers is their top priority.
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Ukrainian farmers persevere for 2022 planting

Black Sea shipping closure represents biggest among many challenges, say Canadian companies who work there

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Ukraine has shifted from input-dependent crops like corn towards the country’s more traditional sunflowers and small grains, as farmers there have persevered through an unimaginably difficult 2022 planting season to complete a significant portion of planned acreage. That’s according to two Ontario seed-sector leaders whose companies have for several years done considerable business in Ukraine. […] Read more

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