A deal allowing the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer from Ukrainian Black Sea ports has not yet resumed full operations, the United Nations said on Friday, having come to a halt before Russia's decision last week to extend it.
Hanna Plishchynska, a pensioner, has been using a metal detector to comb her fields for mines and war detritus in the ruins of her village in southwesten Ukraine, so she can put her cow out to pasture and plant vegetables.
-Global grain trader Viterra is in talks to merge with U.S. rival Bunge Ltd, a person familiar with the matter said, in a potential mega deal that would reshape the top tier of global grains merchants.
Russia signaled on Thursday that if demands to improve its grain and fertilizer exports are not met then it will not extend beyond July 17 a deal allowing the safe wartime export of the same products from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports. It made the same threat and demands in March.
-Global grain trader Viterra is in talks to merge with U.S. rival Bunge Ltd (BG), a person familiar with the matter said, in a potential mega deal that would reshape the top tier of global grains merchants.
Global grain trader Viterra is in talks to merge with U.S. rival Bunge Ltd (BG), according to a person familiar with the matter. There is no certainty that Viterra, part-owned by Switzerland-based mining and trading giant Glencore (GLCNF), will be able to reach an agreement on the terms of a deal, the source said, requesting anonymity as these discussions are confidential.
* Firm dollar, tepid export demand curb CBOT futures. * Markets consolidate before U.S. holiday weekend. * Concerns linger over dryness in U.S. Midwest. By Tom Polansek. CHICAGO, May 25 - Chicago Board of Trade soybean and deferred corn futures eased on Thursday as a strong U.S. dollar added to concerns about lackluster export demand, traders said.
As rains failed, Tunisian farmers watched their crops wither this spring, harvesting early to salvage some as animal feed and piling costs on a state struggling to afford wheat imports with bakeries running out of bread. At his farm just outside Tunis, Hasan Chetoui stood clutching dry sheaves of wheat, the ears empty husks, after managing to save only 20 hectares of the 150 he planted.
Dozens of ships are unable to reach Ukraine, days after a Black Sea grain deal was extended and the pace of shipments is unlikely to pick up because of slow inspections and other uncertainties, according to data and three sources.
Increased political resistance to new EU laws to protect the environment has left the European Commission fighting to keep intact its vision for Europe's green transition.
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