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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Barges make their way down the Mississippi River, where the water levels have reached historically record lows in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. October 23, 2022. Photo REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht
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U.S. Wheat Exports Plunge as Mississippi River Dries Up

(Bloomberg) — American wheat shipments dropped to the lowest ever, hampered by a shrinking Mississippi River and competition from ample global grain

November 7, 2023
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Grain ship in Ukraine
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Wheat Prices Spike as Russia Issues Warning to Ships

By Áine Quinn, Megan Durisin and Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg) — Wheat futures soared as much as 9%, the biggest jump since 2012, as Russia threatened

July 19, 2023
Total Views: 817

Saturday, March 4, 2023
Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey December 11, 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik/File Photo
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Russia Wheat Exports Nearly Double What They Were Before War

By Áine Quinn and Megan Durisin (Bloomberg) –After a slow start to the season, Russia’s grain exports are booming as buyers load up on its

March 4, 2023
Total Views: 4556

Friday, August 12, 2022
First Wheat Cargo Leaves Ukraine
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First Wheat Cargo Leaves Ukraine

ISTANBUL, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Two more ships left Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Friday, including one laden with the first Ukrainian wheat to be

August 12, 2022
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Monday, May 16, 2022
wheat bulk ship
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India’s Surprise Wheat Export Ban Traps 1.8 Million Tonnes at Ports

By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI, May 16 (Reuters) – India’s wheat export ban has trapped some 1.8 million tonnes of grain at ports, leaving

May 16, 2022
Total Views: 3402

Saturday, May 14, 2022
India Bans Wheat Exports
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India Bans Wheat Exports

By Rajendra Jadhav, Mayank Bhardwaj and Nigam Prusty MUMBAI, May 14 (Reuters) – India banned wheat exports on Saturday days after saying it was

May 14, 2022
Total Views: 1988

A dockyard worker watches as barley grain is mechanically poured into a 40,000 ton ship at an Ukrainian agricultural exporter's shipment terminal in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolaev July 9, 2013.
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Germany Accuses Putin of Provoking the Global Food Crisis

By Iain Rogers, Katharina Rosskopf and Arne Delfs May 14, 2022 (Bloomberg) –German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock accused Russia of deliberately

May 14, 2022
Total Views: 1344

Saturday, April 2, 2022
wheat bulk ship
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Russia Is Shipping Wheat At ‘Rapid’ Clip In the Midst of War

(Bloomberg) –Russia boosted wheat shipments by about 60% in March, despite that being the first month of its invasion of Ukraine. The country

April 2, 2022
Total Views: 10191

Monday, March 28, 2022
ship loads grain at the port of Odessa, Ukraine
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Ukraine Could Resume Wheat Exports Depending on Next Crop

By Volodymyr Verbyany (Bloomberg) — Ukraine may ease wheat-export curbs as soon as next month, once it is confident that spring sowing is

March 28, 2022
Total Views: 3450

Tuesday, March 22, 2022
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Russia Grain Exports Keep Moving But With Few New Deals Signed

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Russian wheat exports in March are holding at a near-normal pace despite the war raging in Ukraine, but that may not

March 22, 2022
Total Views: 2275

Sunday, March 13, 2022
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Threatens The Already Fragile Global Food System
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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Threatens The Already Fragile Global Food System

By Elizabeth Elkin, Allison Smith and Sybilla Gross Mar 13, 2022,(Bloomberg) –The global food system is under threat as Russia’s invasion of

March 13, 2022
Total Views: 2143

Friday, March 11, 2022
ship loads grain at the port of Odessa, Ukraine
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Russia’s Naval Blockade May Starve Millions

In more peaceful years Ukraine’s agricultural exports find their way onto ships at the Port of Odessa but today, the nation’s biggest ports

March 11, 2022
Total Views: 5522

Monday, February 28, 2022
India Ships Record Wheat As Ukraine Crisis Upends Bulk Trade
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India Ships Record Wheat As Ukraine Crisis Upends Bulk Trade

By Pratik Parija (Bloomberg) India is set to benefit from the shifts in global wheat trade as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leaves a vital source of

February 28, 2022
Total Views: 2133

Sunday, November 7, 2021
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In a World Desperate for Wheat, Australia and Argentina Step Up

By Sybilla Gross (Bloomberg) –For the second season in a row, the stars are favorably aligned for Australian wheat growers — a bumper harvest,

November 7, 2021
Total Views: 1859

Sunday, October 10, 2021
Port Sudan Three Week Long Blockade Causes Shortages Of Wheat And Fuel Oil
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Port Sudan Three Week Long Blockade Causes Shortages Of Wheat And Fuel Oil

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A three-week blockade of Sudan’s main port by tribal protesters is causing shortages of wheat and fuel oil for power

October 10, 2021
Total Views: 1163
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