Russia is reportedly preparing attacks on Ukrainian food-industry infrastructure, including sunflower oil plants, grain elevators and storage facilities. Crude sunflower oil prices at Odesa rose, while sunflower seed prices were stable to slightly firmer as buyers increased coverage and reconsidered sourcing.
Damage to Ukraine’s crushing, storage or port capacity could reduce sunflower oil export availability and redirect demand to Russia and other origins, supporting sunflower oil prices and nearby seed markets.
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.
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