2/20/2023 KYIV, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Ukraine grain exports are down 28.7% at 30.3 million tonnes in the 2022/23 season so far, hit by a smaller harvest and logistical difficulties caused by the Russian invasion, agriculture ministry data showed on Monday. The volume so far in the July to June season included about 10.8 million tonnes of wheat, 17.4 million
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HAMBURG, Jan 20 (Reuters) – The lowest price offered in the first round of Thursday’s tender from Turkey’s TMO state grain board to buy 345,000 tonnes of animal feed barley was believed to be $324.65 a tonne c&f, traders said in initial assessments. No purchase has yet been reported, they said. The TMO traditionally undertakes several rounds of negotiations in tenders, seeking
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Dead horses lie scattered across the arid steppe of Kazakhstan’s Mangistau peninsula where severe drought has left the animals without food or water, threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of farmers. Unusually high temperatures, in some cases the highest on record, have been reported throughout the former Soviet region of Central Asia this summer, prompting Kazakhstan to ban exports of animal
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