Russian Grain Markets: 16 – 20 June 2025 Grain markets plummeted to seasonally low price levels which are usually established at the beginning of the season. This was probably the straw that broke the camels back and it is hard to see prices any lower. But on the other hand, the month of June is only a finishing line for quotas, and everyone is looking forward to a new season with new challenges and unclear export duty dynamics. At the moment, they are suspiciously low but with barley and corn shut down from export and wheat having quota restrictions, the government understands that they will not win a jackpot in June. The first cuts of barley show lower yields than initially predicted and this may support barley prices later in the s...
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