Grain exports are down 21% yoy

Grain exports are down 21% yoy, for the first seven months of the marketing year, reports the Ministry of Agriculture. Due to a poor corn harvest, wheat displaced corn as Ukraine’s top export. For the latest July 1 – February 1 period, the top three export grains are: wheat – down 18%, to 13 million tons; corn – down 30%, to 11.4 million tons; and barley – unchanged at 3.9 million tons.