MARKET SIGNALS TO WATCH, August 18 – 25

UkrAgroConsult shares key highlights from Weekly Grain & Oilseed Reports (August 18 – 25, 2025).

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Black Sea & Danube region:

• Surplus of feed grain and falling prices, however corn is fairly stable despite price pressure
• Polish rapeseed crush is slipping
• Sunflower in Serbia: low yields and weak prices
• Sunflower harvesting started in the Black Sea & Danube countries
• russia is the leader in rapeseed oil exports to China
• russia is increasing the oilseed flax supplies
• In the 2025/26 season, russia will offer 5.5-5.6 M mt of sunflower oil

Ukraine:

• In the south and east, conditions are unfavorable for late crops and winter crop sowing
• High demand for “Chinese quality” barley
• Wheat prices have decreased
• The corn market is seasonally quiet and stable
• Early sunflower harvest is off to a rough start. Crushers are expecting a tough season
• The soybean market is stable waiting for the new crop
• The rapeseed harvest exceeded 3 M mt
• Deferred demand and the risk of decreased SFS production will support the new SFO prices

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