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(European Commission - Joint Research Centre) "Hot and dry conditions across southern and eastern Europe severely affected summer crops such as maize, sunflowers and soybean. Persistent drought in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, southern Ukraine and Türkiye caused irreversible yield losses, especially in rainfed areas." 
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(AGCANADA) "Maize crop conditions in France, the European Union’s biggest grain producer, registered a third consecutive weekly decline in the week to August 18, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed on Friday, as a heatwave gripped most of the country."
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(World Grain) "Growing population, limited grain production challenge region"
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(BBM Magazine) "Despite falling commodity prices, a new World Bank analysis warns that input costs, geopolitical tensions, trade disruptions, and extreme weather continue to destabilize global agricultural markets, while long-term risks like climate change and biofuel policies may reshape global food systems for years to come."
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(Reuters) "CHICAGO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - In a head-to-head contest in a small corner of agricultural futures markets, a legacy spring wheat contract that has traded for more than 140 years is fending off a challenge from a competing contract launched this spring by CME Group, the world's largest futures exchange."
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(Reuters) "CAIRO/DUBAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Egypt's state grains buyer Future of Egypt has agreed to buy at least 200,000 metric tons of French wheat in recent private deals with exporters, plus several 30,000-ton cargoes of wheat from Ukraine and Romania, it told Reuters on Monday."
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(Reuters) "DUBAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Syria faces a potential food crisis after the worst drought in 36 years slashed wheat production by around 40%, squeezing the country's cash-strapped government, which has been unable to secure large-scale purchases. Around three million Syrians could face severe hunger, the United Nations' World Food Programme told Reuters in written answers to questions, without giving a timeframe."
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(BBM Magazine) "Facing a severe water crisis, Iraq has decided to significantly reduce its wheat and barley cultivation after last year’s record harvest. This move is expected to reverse the sharp decline in flour imports seen in the previous season and bring Iraq—already the world’s second-largest flour importer—back to a stronger position in global markets.
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(Reuters) "BUCHAREST, Aug 14 (Reuters) - NATO allies Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey should expand a joint task force that clears mines floating in the Black Sea to include patrols to protect energy facilities and trade routes from potential Russian attack, Romania's defence minister said."
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(Miller Magazine) "The USDA’s August WASDE report signals a tighter global wheat outlook for 2025/26, with supplies cut to 1.07 billion tonnes and ending stocks dropping to their lowest level in nine years. Lower production in China, Brazil, and Argentina — only partly offset by gains in the EU — underpins the supply decline, while U.S. exports receive an upward revision on competitive pricing."
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(UkrAgroConsult) "Canadian farmers have reduced their barley plantings in 2025, which will impact the feed grain market in the MY 2025/26, according to analyst Jerry Klassen at Canadian Cattlemen. According to Statistics Canada, 6.135 million acres of barley were planted this year, which is 4.2% less than in 2024 (6.405 million acres) and below the 10-year average (6.9 million acres). Barley production is expected to reach 8.4 million tonnes, slightly higher than the 8.144 million tonnes in 2024 but lower than the average of 8.745 million tonnes."
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(World Grain) "The International Grains Council (IGC) in its August Grain Market Report put global wheat production in 2025-26 at 811 million tonnes, versus 800 million the previous year. With rising feed use likely to be capped by the availability of alternatives, an uptrend in food use is the major driver behind a rise in consumption to a record 816 million tonnes, up from 804 million."
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(Miller Magazine) "SovEcon, a leading Black Sea grain consultancy, has raised its Russian wheat crop forecast by 0.2 million metric tons (mmt) to 85.4 mmt due to improved prospects in Siberia and the Urals. The barley crop is now estimated at 18.7 mmt, up from 18.0 mmt in July, while the corn forecast has been lowered to 13.4 mmt from 14.3 mmt. The overall grain and pulse production estimate remains unchanged at 130.5 mmt."
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(World Grain) "Led by a sharply higher revision in maize (corn) production, world total grains output in the 2025-26 marketing year is seen reaching a record 2.404 billion tonnes, according to the International Grains Council’s (IGC) most recent Grain Market Report."
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(Reuters) "LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - EU tariffs on Russian fertiliser imports that aim to cut funding for Moscow's war in Ukraine have so far hit European farmers, raising costs and risking higher consumer prices while Russian companies say they can divert exports to other markets."
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(World Grain) "Flooding of serious proportions has been reported at various times this year in the Philippines, the United States and India. Despite the seriousness of the flood events world weather has generally improved over the past several months, and the commodity futures trade has clearly reflected that change."
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(Milling Middle East & Africa) "EGYPT – Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, has secured nearly 4 million metric tons (MMT) of wheat from its 2025 local harvest, marking a year-on-year increase of more than 500,000 tons compared to the 3.43MMT purchased in 2024."
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(World Grain) "ODESA, UKRAINE — A planned grain terminal at Pivdennyi Port in the Odesa region will have an annual handling capacity of 5 million tonnes, agribusiness website Latifundist.com reported."
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(UkrAgroConsult) "Bulgaria has harvested a high harvest of high-quality wheat this year. Bulgarian vegetable oil and commodity trader Preslav Raikov told Latifundist.com."
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(UkrAgroConsult) "As of August 15, 2025, Ukraine has harvested 24,805.9 thsd tonnes of early grain and leguminous crops from an area of 6,186.6 thsd ha. This accounts for 55% of the areas sown with these crops.
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(Grain Trade) "The area sown under grain and legume crops in farms of all categories in the Russian Federation in 2025 decreased compared to the previous year by 5.05% to 43.796 million hectares, in particular under winter grains by 2.77% to 17.011 million hectares, and under spring grains and legume crops by 6.39% to 26.785 million hectares, according to Rosstat."
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(Milling Middle East & Africa Magazine) "RUSSIA – Russia, the world’s leading grain exporter and Türkiye’s largest wheat supplier, has announced a temporary suspension of export tariffs on wheat, barley, and corn, effective from August 13 to August 19, 2025."
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