Ukraine’s grain exports are up 26% this year,

Ukraine’s grain exports are up 26% this year, compared to the same point in the last July 1 – June 30 marketing year. With 48.3 million tons exported as of Friday, Ukraine may hit the symbolic goay of 50 million tons at the end of this month. With Russia expected to export 46 million tons of grain, Russia’s press is in denial about Ukraine’s surge. “Russia on Track to Remain World’s Biggest Grain Exporter” The Moscow Times headlined last month. Oddly, the final paragraph conceded that Ukraine’s agriculture ministry predicts “that exports could be as high as 50.4 million metric tons, which would make Ukraine the world’s biggest exporter.”