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Weekly Feature: The supply-demand balance of the overall bulk carrier fleet has set the tone for grain shippers using vessels of panamax size and smaller, with grain flows influencing the market for less-than-capesize vessels seasonally. What's ahead? → ow.ly/Ra7C50UvziA

Weekly Feature: COFCO International and OCBC, have launched the first financing facility with interest rate incentives tied to Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)-validated FLAG targets for 1.5°C climate alignment. → ow.ly/3Q2C50Uvzj9

Weekly Feature: In its first forecast for the 2025 EU-27+UK grain crop, COCERAL foresees a 7% increase in production over the previous year. → ow.ly/hacP50Uvzjp

Weekly Feature: Most of the commodity trade fear of La Niña negatively influencing South America has passed. Weather conditions since the end of October have been mostly very good in Brazil and Argentina. → ow.ly/iUoT50Uvzk8

Weekly Feature: What strategies should millers and traders adopt in a bearish wheat market marked by overcapacity and geopolitical risks? This pressing question was a key theme of the 34th Annual IAOM Mideast & Africa Conference & Expo. → ow.ly/SrxY50UvzjI

Weekly Feature: All 17 wheat flour milling sites across Nigeria have joined Millers for Nutrition, a coalition of food fortification stakeholders dedicated to helping millers fortify staple foods and improve health outcomes. → ow.ly/bmpL50UvsQl

Weekly Feature: Viterra no longer plans to acquire the South Australian GrainFlow handling and storage sites and mobile ship loader from Cargill, and the companies have withdrawn their application from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. → ow.ly/3cba50UvsBb

Weekly Feature: The world wheat market is keeping geopolitics in mind as 2024 comes to a close, with developments in Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East getting traders’ attention. → ow.ly/ZG4C50UvsPQ

Weekly Feature: The US grain and feed industry will have several issues to navigate in 2025, including a difficult rural economy, shifting political realities, and possible extreme weather on the horizon. → ow.ly/2TT050UvsAr

Weekly Feature: Country Focus - Brazil is one of the world’s largest producers of soybeans, accounting for nearly 40% of global production and 55% of exports. Brazil also became the world’s top corn exporter in 2023. → ow.ly/FX6m50UvsyP

QUOTE OF THE WEEK from "Navigating a bearish market: Millers, traders receive advice at IAOM MEA conference" at World Grain. Read the full article reporting from IAOM MEA here → ow.ly/F95x50Uv7hI #agriculture #agribusiness #grain #wheat #milling #flour

The United Soybean Board (USB) elected Philip Good, who has served on the board the past seven years, as 2025 chair during its December meeting in St. Charles, Missouri, US, when it also filled out its Executive Committee lineup. → ow.ly/YrFV50Uv5Ga #agriculture

China’s Dalian Hesheng Holdings Group Co., Ltd. plans to construct a vertically integrated industrial park for deep processing of #wheat in the Akmola region of #Kazakhstan. → ow.ly/NQSL50Uv33F #agriculture #agribusiness #grain #Asia

A second round of funding totaling $300 million through the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP) to 67 organizations will help expand American food and agricultural exports in emerging global markets. → ow.ly/3RLl50Uv2Gh #agriculture #agribusiness #grain #trade

COFCO International and OCBC, Southeast Asia’s second largest financial services group, have launched the first financing facility with interest rate incentives tied to Science Based Targets initiative-validated FLAG targets for 1.5°C climate alignment. → ow.ly/Z7mc50Uv2jB

Looking to 2025, the bulk carrier market’s supply-demand dynamics appear relatively stable. Unlike the container sector’s rampant ordering of new vessels, bulk carrier owners have exercised caution. → ow.ly/jAwQ50UuXVV #agriculture #agribusiness #shipping #grain

CBH Group credited strong outturn performance and a commitment to competitive grain and fertilizer prices for farmers for helping the company secure a group surplus of A$73.8 million ($46.3 million) for the financial year ended Sept. 30. → ow.ly/Wxjb50UujG9

All 17 #wheat #flour #milling sites across #Nigeria have joined Millers for Nutrition, a coalition of food fortification stakeholders dedicated to helping millers fortify staple foods and improve health outcomes. → ow.ly/hMgh50Uujkz #agriculture #grain #nutrition #Africa

Bulgaria harvested in 2024-25 its lowest oilseed crop in more than a decade because of extremely hot and dry summer conditions that hurt yields. With crush capacities expanding in recent years, the local crushing industry faces a significant challenge. → ow.ly/IroU50Uuix8