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Dry conditions in most of Europe have benefitted winter rapeseed and cereal sowing for most of Europe, according to the latest EU Monitoring Agricultural Resources (MARS) report.

Russian winter wheat planting advanced by less than 1% during the week ending Friday November 22, with the harvest of grains and oilseeds also slowly progressing to its final stages, according to data seen by Fastmarkets.

Fastmarkets commits to publishing daily the bids, offers, indicative levels or other cash trading indications on any basis and geography related to any vital markets with strong ties with Ukraine.

Turkey’s state-backed grains agency TMO has announced a rare export sell tender for up to 150,000 tonnes of feed barley, according to documents released on Friday November 22 and seen by Fastmarkets.

Estimates of grain output in Western Australia, the key exporting state in the country, have continued to improve, but the quality was expected to be mixed, the Grain Industry of Western Australia (GIWA) said in its monthly report, published on Friday November 22.

Russia’s weekly wheat exports from Black Sea ports more than doubled to 1.1 million tonnes in the week ended Thursday November 21, from 429,271 tonnes a week earlier, data from Fastmarkets’ research team showed on Friday November 22.

The Russian government continued to increase its export tax on wheat, as well as increasing the corn tax for the period of November 27 to December 3, but lowered its rates for barley, according to an update from the country’s agriculture ministry on Friday November 22.

The French corn harvest advanced by 11 percentage points during the week to Monday November 18, with 82% of the total planted area now harvested, according to the latest weekly report from the country’s farm office, FranceAgriMer, released on Friday November 22.

Ukraine exported 927,000 tonnes of grains during the week to Thursday November 21, down by 22,000 tonnes, or 2%, from 949,000 tonnes the previous week, according to data released by the country’s State Customs Service on Friday November 22.

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Canada’s grain and oilseed exports totaled 1.17 million tonnes during the week to Sunday November 17, a decrease of 366,400 tonnes, or 24%, from 1.54 million tonnes the previous week, according to data from the Canadian Grain Commission published late on Thursday November 21.

The Americas will experience a mix of conditions in the week beginning Thursday November 21, with favorable weather in the US Midwest supporting the harvest of corn and soybeans, while drought stress in the Southern Plains could hamper winter wheat establishment.

A correction has been issued for this report.

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The EU’s weekly wheat exports amounted to 233,449 tonnes in the week to Sunday November 17, according to initial data from the European Commission released on Tuesday November 19.

Russian winter wheat planting progressed significantly during the week to Monday November 18, while the grain and oilseed harvest moved slowly, already reaching the final stages, according to data seen by Fastmarkets.

The progress of winter grain sowing in Ukraine increased by 2 percentage points in the week ended Monday November 18, reaching 98% complete with 5.06 million hectares sown out of the planned 5.18 million ha for the 2025/26 season, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.

China imported 250,000 tonnes of corn in October, down from 310,000 tonnes in September, figures from the country’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) showed on Monday November 18.

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The Russian government raised its tax on wheat exports further for the November 20-26 period while lowering its rates for corn and barley, according to an update from the country’s agriculture ministry on Friday November 15.