Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson - Gary Schnitkey - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecast that Brazil will export more corn than the United States this year has shaken the global corn market. Brazil exported more corn than the U.S. only once before, in the drought year of 2012/13. If Brazil emerges as the largest exporting nation, its front-runner status might not be temporary. The continued expansion of corn as a second crop and the recent opening to the Chinese market could mean that Brazil will keep competing with the U.S. for the title of world's top corn exporter more often in the coming years. This article examines the main factors that could push Brazil into first place.
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for ukraine s front line farmers, the only choice is to carry on with their harvests despite the dangers around them. translation: we can t sell the grain and that s getting us into financial trouble. historically it makes no sense to make a deal with russia. they are only worth the paper they are written on. yet there is a lot riding on this deal. a russian blockade has caused soaring globalfood prices and shortages in some of the world s poorest countries. all this is threatening millions of lives. that s because before the invasion, together russia and ukraine produced 30% of the world s wheat supply, 20% of its corn, and 80% of its sunflower oil. that s why ukraine was often referred to as the world s breadbasket. and within ukraine itself, the government is hoping this deal could help restore its war torn economy.