Russian Grain Markets: 1-7 May 2012 GRAINS AND PRODUCTS Planting Updates as of 4 May Bashkortostan Republic: Spring grain crops have been planted on 661,000 ha.Tatarstan Republic: Spring grain crops have been planted on 798,400 ha, including barley on 355,500 ha (100 percent of the target) and wheat on 334,800 ha (71 percent of the target).Orenburg Oblast: Spring grain and grain legumes have been planted on 614,200 ha (26 percent of the target).Altayskiy Krai: Spring grain and grain legume crops have been planted on 545,000 ha (16 percent of the target), including 118,000 ha of wheat, 72,000 ha of barley and 154,000 ha of sunflower seed.Ulyanovsk Oblast: Spring grain crops and grain legume crops have been planted on 145,600 ha, i...
What You Need to Know Today: Cattle futures extended their sharp selloff Friday as weakening cash cattle prices, deteriorating feedlot profitability, and reduced packer demand continued to weigh on the market. The inability of futures to sustain a rally following last week's bullish Cattle on...
Key Takeaways: WPI’s new EU rapeseed crushing margin models point to weaker processing returns over the next four months due to higher rapeseed procurement costs and weaker product values. Statistical forecasts call for German crushing margins to decline from €181/MT to €...
Key Takeaways: The tariff burden rose sharply in 2025 and 2026: the effective rate on imports in HTS Chapters 1–24 increased from 1.53 percent in 2024 to 6.11 percent in 2025, before averaging 5.68 percent in January–August 2026. Headline rates tell only part of the story: exemptio...
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