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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in July lowered the forecast for wheat, maize and rye production in Ukraine in the 2018/2019 marketing year.

Ukraine exported almost as much flour in July-May 2017/18 as in the whole of the 2016/17 season: 406.5 KMT against 407.6 KMT, respectively. As a reminder, the current season sees the fastest pace of exports since MY 1996/97, reports UkrAgroConsult.

Ukrainian grain trading company Nebulon is to invest $2 billion to build new grain silos and transportation barges in Egypt’s Nile Delta region, the Egyptian supply ministry said on Sunday.

As of June 25, harvesting was already in progress in most of the Steppe zone of Ukraine. The average yields there are lower than last year; the harvest areas are comparable with 2017. On average, winter barley and winter wheat yields are down 3% and 5%, respectively. For now, only Odesa region shows higher yields against last year. It partially offsets the more significant decline in the average grain yields in the Steppe.