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For marketing year (MY) 2024/25, Ukrainian farmers are forecast to increase area under all the major oilseeds except for sunflowers. However, regarding production volumes, this increase might be somewhat dampened by lower yields compared to the high levels of MY2023/24.

Dashboard that demonstrates the scope of Black Sea grain and oilseed trade. Millions of tons of grain are shipped through these international waters each year, making the Black Sea region a major supplier of agricultural commodities worldwide.

In MY 2021/22, the total value of Japan’s soybean imports reached a historical record while rapeseed crush hit the lowest point in 10 years as rapeseed imports from Canada declined.

On October 13, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) opened a public comment period for proposed revisions to the genetically engineered (GE) labeling requirements of the Food Labeling Standards.

The 2021 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world.

A number of factors have converged over the last 18 months to send global agricultural commodity prices to near-record levels. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – and the potential loss of Ukrainian exports – was the latest development to push commodity prices higher.

In MY 2021/22, profit margins of Japanese soybean crushing surpassed those of canola crushing. Meanwhile, as hotel, restaurant, and institutional service industries (HRI) began to recover from the effects of the COVID pandemic, demand for soybean oil spiked as canola oil demand dropped with less home cooking than during the peak crisis period.

Ukraine sets an export cap for sunflower oil at 5,380 thousand metric tons (TMT).

For marketing year (MY) 2021/22 oilseeds will continue to remain a top planting choice for Ukrainian farmers due to higher profitability compared to grains

Japan’s overall oilseed consumption is forecast to remain stable in MY 2020/21 and MY 2021/22. Due to the COVID-19-related shift from eating out to at-home cooking, in MY 2019/20 and MY 2020/21...

Japan’s overall oilseed consumption is forecast to remain stable in MY 2020/21 and MY 2021/22.

Chinese authorities approved four rapeseed meal processing facilities for export to China.