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Reuters, 21/01/2019 - EU set to break last season's maize import record. Imports fuelled by 2018 drought, big Ukraine crop. Maize flows have turned EU into net cereal importer. Imports seen easing next year if EU harvest rebounds.
EU maize imports are running at a record pace, turning the bloc into a net cereal importer for the first time in a decade, as the livestock industry uses a bumper Ukrainian harvest to make up for a lack of forage caused by a torrid summer.
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Egypt could ramp up corn imports from the Americas in the coming months to support an expanding domestic poultry sector and replace disrupted supply from Ukraine.
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"Canada's durum, spring wheat, canola and pulse crops have been fighting an intense and expensive battle with widespread crop diseases provoked by the first wet year this decade."
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"Relentless heat and drought could halve this year’s French maize harvest and reduce European Union production to its smallest in decades, analysts said, despite expectations that crops in Poland and Romania will hold up better."
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Nearly 50 million more people in highly vulnerable communities globally are set to be pushed into acute hunger because of the strengthening El Niño weather phenomenon, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.
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"Record low water levels in Europe's major rivers have curtailed the transport of goods, reduced electricity output and shrunk company earnings, stoking fears about the economic impact of searing heat and erratic rainfall."
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Ukraine’s state rail operator is looking to add new export routes for the country’s critical grain harvest, after Russian attacks on its Black Sea ports curbed shipments.
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"Ukraine has lost about a third of its capacity to export grain via its vital Black Sea ports due to intensifying Russian missile and drone attacks, the country's main farmers' union said. "
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Ukrainian farmers have accelerated the 2026-27 winter grain harvest, with barley yields reaching record highs and wheat yields remaining significantly above historical averages.
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"Following Ukrainian attack on Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov (representing approx. 1/4 of Russian wheat exports), Russian temporarily stopped shipping through the Don-Azov Channel."
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"Russia hopes by mid-July to have a commercial logistics hub up and running in one of two berths at the naval base it leases in Syria.It will include wheat and grains (target of 250,000t / month)."
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Europe is set to suffer one of its sharpest ever declines in grain production as extreme weather and geopolitical tensions converge to pile pressure on farmers.
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Speaking at the IDMA Global Grain & Milling Forum in Istanbul, Alexander Karavaytsev, Senior Economist at the International Grains Council, said global wheat production in 2026/27 is forecast to fall by 3% from the previous year’s peak, but overall supplies are expected to remain ample thanks to record carry-in stocks. Karavaytsev highlighted El Niño risks, smaller crops in major exporting countries, weaker import needs in some key destinations and the growing importance of freight, logistics and currency movements in shaping global wheat trade.
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Surging freight rates, insurance costs, risk premiums hit global maritime transport market throughout the year, says sector representative | Anadolu
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Parched soil and scorching heat are threatening Europe’s fall planting season, heightening risks to global food supplies stretched by geopolitical tensions.
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"According to the local branch of the Confagricoltura farmers' association, the Pavia rice sector could lose over €100 million ($116 million) due to a combination of drought, rising production costs and falling paddy rice prices amid competition from non-European Union exporters."
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"Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill on Friday after two more ships were attacked there and the United States said it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely."
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"A surge in attacks on ships, ports and export terminals in the Black Sea is disrupting global supplies of grain and oil, turning the region into the latest strategic trade chokepoint to be hit by escalating conflict."
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"Russia’s main grain lobby group warned on Friday that Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian ships and ports could shut down grain exports via the Black Sea in the near future, pushing up prices and causing hunger in Africa and the Middle East."
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"Emerging economies already strained by the Middle East conflict face a new threat: a potentially powerful El Niño that could push up food prices and slow growth."
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Argus has lowered its estimate for France's 2026 wheat crop (not including durum wheat) to 30.80mn t, reflecting a week-long survey of major French co-operatives and grain market participants over 13-17 July.
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"Russia has sharply stepped up attacks in recent weeks on Ukrainian Black Sea ports' infrastructure and on cargo vessels entering Odesa ports to export grain and other agricultural goods."
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"France's corn harvest is on pace this year for a 35 percent fall to nine million tons, a level last seen in 1980 for Europe's biggest grains producer, the government said Friday."
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(Washington, D.C., July 1, 2026) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the launch of the $500 million Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) Program, a new initiative administered through USDA Rural Development to expand domestic fertilizer manufacturing, strengthen America’s fertilizer supply chain, and improve long-term affordability for American farmers.
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"The planned increase in freight tariffs by Ukraine's state railway could raise farmers' logistics costs by $5 to $7 per metric ton and accelerate a shift of cargo to road transport, the UCAB farmer lobby said."
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Egypt is discussing increasing wheat imports from Poland as part of efforts to diversify sources of strategic commodities and strengthen food security, the Ministry of Supply announced on Tuesday. Supply Minister Sherif Farouk met in Cairo with Polish Secretary of State Małgorzata Gromadzka to discuss cooperation in grain, meat, and other food products, the ministry
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