WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS, April 18 – 25, 2025

CONTENT Black Sea & Danube Grain / Oilseed Report:

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• Ukraine: Spring barley and wheat planting is nearly complete.
• Ukraine: Sunflower seed sowing pace has picked up but remains 38% behind last year and 29% below the 5-year average.
• Ukraine: Oilseeds, vegoils, and meals exports remain strong in April.
• Ukraine: Rapeseed stocks cleared through active export flows.
• UkrAgroConsult will closely monitor the 2025/26 EU feed grain S&D as weather and political risks create high market volatility, while Ukraine remains the top corn/feed wheat supplier.
• Sunflower seed rally reflects tight domestic stocks and shifts in planting patterns.
• Corn is now trading above milling wheat — an unusual spread for the region. The key question: for how long?
• Poland: Farmers have kicked off corn planting, but dry conditions are slowing progress.
• Romania: Major wheat buyers are switching to new crop, with forward quotes at EUR 195/mt FOB — below last season’s floor of EUR 200/mt. Could the falling wheat prices soon flip into a rebound?
• Black Sea & Danube: Winter cereals and rapeseed crop forecasts remain optimistic, but drought risks could change the outlook significantly.
• Black Sea & Danube: Low soil moisture makes May rains critical for yield formation.
• Supply tightness is lifting oilseed prices across Black Sea & Danube.
• The 2025 crop trading recovers as buyers react to field reports with no major frost damage.
• India is expanding soybean oil imports from russia amid changing global trade flows.
• russian export prices are stable despite domestic price adjustments.

Tags: grain, meals, barley, Danube region, prices, soybean, oilseeds, Black Sea region, wheat, Ukraine, India, Russia, sunseed, corn, rapeseed, export, vegoils