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Ukraine and Russia together supply about 80% of global sunflower meal and oil trade in a typical year. Suspended Ukrainian crushing and port operations, plus sanctions on Russia, are limiting supplies, and new-crop sunflower cash prices are well above last year.
Lost Black Sea sunflower supply tightens vegetable oil and meal markets, lifting prices and encouraging buyers to shift to alternatives such as soybean oil and meal.
farmprogress.comJohn SandbakkenMar 29, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 110 past bullish geopolitics events, Soybean Oil moved a median +1.8% over 5 sessions (65% higher; middle half -0.7% to +3.6%), and -0.4% over 20.
After 34 past bullish geopolitics events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (47% higher; middle half -2.2% to +3.5%), and +1.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
