The two newly-built storage facilities, financed by the UAE, can now accommodate a total of 4.2 mln tons.

On March 1, 2017 grain stocks in Kazahstan were 11.735 mln tons including 9.7 mln tons of wheat.

Japan has announced an auction for the purchase of 117,700 tons of milling wheat from the USA, Canada and Australia to be delivered between April 21 and June 20, 2017.

Soybean yield in Paraguay will be over 10 mln tons, which is a record high level. As of March 20, 2017 0.596 mln ha or 1.1% of the planned spring grain areas in Russia have been sowed.

Last week was hectic for wheat export from the German port of Hamburg. During that week, 60,000 tons of wheat were shipped to Turkey, 45,000 tons to South Africa, 30,000 tons to Algeria and 3,000 tons to Namibia. 60,000 tons of wheat were sent to Saudi Arabia from the port of Rostock.

On March 23, 2017 Turkey will carry out an auction for the purchase of 99,000 tons of barley fodder. Russia has been excluded from the list of possible suppliers.