# News from Russia and Ukraine

> Rusagrotrans lowered its forecast for Russia's 2016-17 grain exports to 35.3 million tons from 36 million. It cut its barley export forecast to 2.8 million tons and raised corn to 4.9 million. New-crop wheat for August shipment is quoted at $170-173 per ton.

- Date: 2017-04-25 · published 2017-04-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71358-news-from-russia-and-ukraine
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller Russian export program reduces supply to global buyers and supports wheat, barley and corn prices. The lower barley forecast tightens feed grain supply.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-04 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71361-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | +0.2% | +4.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-28 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71837-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | +0.5% | +1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-27 | [Grain shipments from Russia and Ukraine have halved \| World Ports Organization](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14182-grain-shipments-from-russia-and-ukraine-have-halved-world-ports-organization.md) | +0.1% | -0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-02-28 | [Grain Export From Russia To Gear Down](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72348-grain-export-from-russia-to-gear-down.md) | +1.1% | +0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-01 | [Ukraine Benefits from Slow Start to Russia’s Wheat Exports - Russia Business Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56934-ukraine-benefits-from-slow-start-to-russia-s-wheat-exports-russia-business-today.md) | -2.3% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2017-04-04 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71361-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2017-03-28 | [News from Russia and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71837-news-from-russia-and-ukraine.md) | +1.9% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2025-08-27 | [Grain shipments from Russia and Ukraine have halved \| World Ports Organization](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14182-grain-shipments-from-russia-and-ukraine-have-halved-world-ports-organization.md) | +3.6% | +8.1% |

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/12480

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