WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS, February 3 – 10, 2025

Details about the reports:

Black Sea & Danube Grain Report: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/publication/black-sea-danube-grain-report/

Black Sea & Danube Oilseed report: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/publication/black-sea-danube_vegoil-report/

All articles are available in the AgriSupp platform: https://agrisupp.com/en

• High temperatures in January weakened frost resistance of winter crops
• Current stocks and imports are expected to meet local fertilizer demand
• UkrAgroConsult does not exclude that Ukrainian corn prices will fall in the second half of 2024/25 (March-August 2025)
• Domestic grain prices rose by almost 50% in 2024
• Serbian soybeans and aflatoxin
• Bulgaria resumes SFS imports mainly from Romania and Moldova
• High temperatures in January weakened frost resistance of winter crops
• EU soft wheat stocks expected to fall, EU 2025 exports at risk
• Fertilizer imports to Poland continue to grow
• January 2025 trend of falling wheat exports continues in February
• Could corn areas in 2025 be reduced by a third in favor of rapeseed, barley and even sorghum?
• Rapeseed market is positive, but tensions remain due to US tariffs on Canadian rapeseed
• Quality issues with Serbian soybeans could affect prices and supplies to Europe
• The EU 2025 rapeseed production forecast is increasing, buyers and sellers post their prices
• The 2025 corn area could be reduced by a third in favor of rapeseed, barley and even sorghum
• Sunflower seed market is tense, farmers are selling reluctantly

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