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This month’s decrease in the FAO Cereal Price Index reflects a fall in international prices of all major cereals.

Producers expect to plant 92.0 million acres of corn and 87.5 million acres of soybeans in 2023.

Modest growth in the animal protein sector is expected to raise China’s soybean imports for marketing year 23/24.

The Black Sea Grain Initiative has been extended but the UN did not specify the length of the renewal.

The International Grains Council's forecasts 2022/23 and 2023/24.

Russia announced earlier that it would agree to a 60-day extension, which is half the number of days agreed when it first expired in November.

The FAO Cereal Price Index was down fractionally from January and 1.4% above its level one year ago.

Once again, the production estimate for Argentina's crops was reduced as a result of the adverse weather conditions that have accompanied the development of the crops in this new season.

World prices of rice and maize rose, while those of barley and wheat fell in January.

Here's how commodity production evolved in China in 2022.

Cereal prices were 18% higher on average in 2022, pushing the average annual FAO price index to a new record high.

EU agri-food exports and imports are both on the rise in September 2022.