Grain

The decrease in the volume of the grain harvest, the surplus of grain wagons and the transfer of a significant part of the grain cargo base of “Ukrzaliznytsia” to private vehicles will cause a significant decrease in the cost of renting grain wagons in 2023.

The company “Nibulon” has resumed the operation of all river terminals in the territory currently controlled by Ukraine.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, believes that there is “politics” in the decisions regarding the ban on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products.

In the current season, Ukraine exported more than 43 million tons of grain.

Ukraine lost $143 million last month due to the Polish government’s decision to ban the import of Ukrainian agricultural products.

Over the past week, Ukraine exported 450.3 thousand tons of agricultural products through the ports of Great Odesa.

Argus’ agriculture analytics arm Agritel has revised down its estimate for russia’s 2023 wheat production owing to mixed weather conditions for winter crops, but still expects an output comparable with production highs in 2017 and 2020, if far below 2022’s record harvest.

Ukrzaliznytsia plans to reduce the cost of shipments by grain trucks from April 1. At the same time, the rate for renting half-cars will not change.

The Asket Shipping group of companies plans to build a grain warehouse near Izmail in the near future.

SAP and NABU reported the suspicion to one of the heads of NIAC “Trading House of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine” and three of his accomplices. They are suspected of embezzling almost UAH 30 million worth of grain.