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Basf Readies More Ammonia Production Cuts in Gas Supply Crunch
Date: July 27, 2022
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany’s BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, is cutting ammonia production further due to soaring natural gas prices, it said on Wednesday, with potential ramifications from farming to fizzy drinks. Germany’s biggest ammonia maker SKW Piesteritz and number four Ineos also said they could not rule out production cuts as...
Ukraine Works to Resume Grain Exports, Russian Shells Targets in East
Date: July 25, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine forged ahead on Monday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but said a weekend missile strike by Russian forces on Odesa underlined the risks to deliveries. As the war entered its sixth...
U.N. Expects Ukraine-Russia Grain Deal to Be Implemented in a Few Weeks -Officials
Date: July 22, 2022
By Tuvan Gumrukcu ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United Nations expects a deal to resume Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea to be fully operational in a few weeks and restore shipments to pre-war levels of 5 million tonnes a month, two senior U.N. officials said on Friday. Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations...
Ukraine Hopes for Grain Exports Breakthrough as Istanbul Talks Resume
Date: July 13, 2022
By Yesim Dikmen and Ali Kucukgocmen KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Wednesday that a deal to resume grain exports blocked by Russia appeared very close as four-way talks prepared to resume, raising hopes of an end to a standoff that has exposed millions to the risk of starvation. More than 20 million tonnes of...
Russia’s Breadbasket Seeing High Yields as Wheat Harvest Starts
Date: July 12, 2022
(Reuters) – Farmers in Russia’s southern Rostov region, one of the largest grain producing and exporting areas of the country, are seeing high wheat yields as harvesting gets underway, growers and officials in the region said. Sanctions-hit Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, is expected to produce a massive crop in 2022 with record amounts...
French Soft Wheat Harvest 14% Complete, Maize Conditions Remain Good
Date: July 8, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) -French farmers had harvested 14% of this year’s soft wheat crop by July 4 against 5% a week earlier, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday. The harvest progress compared with just 1% a year ago, reflecting an early start to field work this year after hot, dry weather in late spring. The French...