# Corn 50% more expensive as Russia and Ukraine transport troubles push up grain prices

> Corn is now 53% more expensive than a year ago, due to Ukraine's logistics problems and weak corn harvests in Europe. Russia and Ukraine are blocking and shelling each other's Black Sea shipping routes. Prices have fallen for two weeks on hopes of a settlement, and Russia plans to ship more grain via the Baltic.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-04T01:37:59.476Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/78949-corn-50-more-expensive-as-russia-and-ukraine-transport-troubles-push-up-grain
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Disrupted Black Sea export routes tighten world grain supply and support corn and wheat prices, while Baltic shipping costs roughly twice as much and limits how much it can ease prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-31 | [Grain deal: Wheat and corn prices rise as Russia withdraws \| CNN Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39174-grain-deal-wheat-and-corn-prices-rise-as-russia-withdraws-cnn-business.md) | -2.2% | -3.8% |
| CORN | 2023-08-03 | [Ukraine struggles to export its grain — as Russia repeatedly strikes its ports : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14374-ukraine-struggles-to-export-its-grain-as-russia-repeatedly-strikes-its-ports-npr.md) | -0.6% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2025-12-17 | [Ukraine's grain exports curbed as Russian strikes shut terminals](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14151-ukraine-s-grain-exports-curbed-as-russian-strikes-shut-terminals.md) | +1.1% | -3.0% |
| CORN | 2022-01-31 | [Russia-Ukraine Tensions Drive Global Wheat Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43173-russia-ukraine-tensions-drive-global-wheat-prices-higher.md) | +0.6% | +6.9% |
| CORN | 2023-07-20 | [Wheat prices soar as Russia-Ukraine tensions stoke food crisis fears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35082-wheat-prices-soar-as-russia-ukraine-tensions-stoke-food-crisis-fears.md) | +9.4% | -7.2% |
| WHEAT | 2026-08-25 | [Grain exports stall as Ukraine steps up attacks on Russia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14094-grain-exports-stall-as-ukraine-steps-up-attacks-on-russia.md) | +1.7% | +4.5% |
| WHEAT | 2022-10-31 | [Grain deal: Wheat and corn prices rise as Russia withdraws \| CNN Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39174-grain-deal-wheat-and-corn-prices-rise-as-russia-withdraws-cnn-business.md) | -5.6% | +2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-03 | [Ukraine struggles to export its grain — as Russia repeatedly strikes its ports : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14374-ukraine-struggles-to-export-its-grain-as-russia-repeatedly-strikes-its-ports-npr.md) | +0.5% | -6.9% |

## Sources

- rp.pl: https://www.rp.pl/rolnictwo/art45437121-kukurydza-drozsza-o-polowe-niz-roku-temu-wraca-ryzyko-kryzysu-migracyjnego

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