Russian Grain Markets: 27 February – 3 March 2023 Russian grain markets maintained previous price levels and in certain segments were even slightly bullish particularly in top grade milling wheat. Low quality milling wheat and feed wheat are abundant and have been bearish for awhile going even lower than feed barley. Feed corn is the only commodity which added a buck per ton. The key fundamentals remain the same: bearish world prices, growing export duties, and a weakening domestic currency. Domestic prices are fully dependent on the above trends. The Russian government continues raising export duties despite a bearish world market. Wheat export duty is now at now almost $72/MT. Independent analysts tried to calcu...
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