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Nov 3, 2026
Mark MillerupHOST
Winter wheat planting reached 83%, one point behind average, while the first condition rating came in at just 44%, good to excellent, versus 50% expected.
Mark MillerupHOST
According to IKAR, Russian 12.5% wheat at Vysotsk and Ust-Luga fell another $4 per ton to $260, FOB December.
Mark MillerupHOST
Russia's October exports are now estimated at around 3 million tons.
Mark MillerupHOST
Ukraine, meanwhile, said alternative routes handled only 47% of required agricultural exports in October, with 45 to 50% effectively the maximum without greater Odessa.
Rory DeverellGUEST
Now that goes out basically one of two ways through the Baltics.
Rory DeverellGUEST
One is through their own ports, for example, Ust-Luga, And that's basically, you know, they're not really designed.
Rory DeverellGUEST
They put a lot of money in over the last few years prior to this.
Rory DeverellGUEST
So they always wanted to develop their own Baltic ports.
Mark MillerupHOST
Russian physical wheat prices also moved lower last week.
Mark MillerupHOST
According to IKAR, Russian wheat with 12.5% protein shipped from Vysock and Ust-Luga declined by $3 per ton to $264 per ton FOB for December delivery.
Mark MillerupHOST
Turning to the United States, the latest export inspections revealed a clear divide between soybeans and the other major grains.
Mark MillerupHOST
Soybean loadings jumped to a marketing year high of 2.476 million tons, including 1.652 million tons destined for China.
Kristaps AndrejsonsHOST
Two weeks ago I told you the farmers asked the state to buy 15 million tons and Siluanov offered three.
Kristaps AndrejsonsHOST
Now the grain queue is behind the diesel at Ustluga.
Kristaps AndrejsonsHOST
Lipsitz puts it in terms that every Russian learns at school.
Kristaps AndrejsonsHOST
Peter cut a window to Europe so Russia could trade and the window is getting overgrown with dirt, fires and drone attacks.
Rich NapolitanoHOST
The vessel was empty at the time and approaching the terminal to load a cargo of crude oil.
Rich NapolitanoHOST
A statement from Ukrainian officials claimed that the tanker had transported Russian crude oil from the ports of Ust-Luga, Kerch, Novorossiysk, and Nakhodka.
Rich NapolitanoHOST
The Banda was refloated on October 20th, and damage to the vessel is being assessed.
Rich NapolitanoHOST
In Ecuador, the search continues for missing fishermen from the Dominica L, which sank on October 16th.
Mark MillerupHOST
Moving to Russia, wheat export prices from Baltic ports eased slightly last week.
Mark MillerupHOST
According to IKAR, Russian wheat, containing 12.5% protein shipped from Vysotsk and Ust-Luga, declined by $1 per tonne to $267 per tonne FOB for late November to early December shipment.
Mark MillerupHOST
Russian Baltic exports remain a key alternative outlet while normal Black Sea shipments are disrupted.
Mark MillerupHOST
Although these routes are more expensive, they continue to provide international buyers with access to Russian wheat supplies.
Jerome StarkeyHOST
That's 1,000 miles inside Russia.
Jerome StarkeyHOST
And on Tuesday, the Ust-Luga port hit once again, and a rocket engine factory in Perm some 900 miles inside Russia.
Jerome StarkeyHOST
Today, as we are recording this, reports of a latest strike in the Sochi Port at the eastern edge of the Black Sea.
Jerome StarkeyHOST
But in the other direction, of course, Russia continues to hammer Ukraine, and it has been a bad week, particularly for Kyiv.
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Jerome StarkeyHOST
But fundamentally what we're describing there is the path to World War III.
Jerome StarkeyHOST
Question number three: Why has Ukraine not hit Russia's northwestern military bases? Now, I don't know whether you're talking about all the bases in the northwest.
Jerome StarkeyHOST
I mean, we have seen, for example, uh, the ports in Ust-Luga hit.
Jerome StarkeyHOST
We've seen the Torzhok ammunition dump hit a couple of years ago.
speaker_0HOST
Rail freight to Baltic terminals is much longer and more expensive compared to the Black Sea and Azov Sea ports, which historically handle around ninety percent of Russian seaborne grain exports.
speaker_0HOST
Shipments are mainly via the Russian Baltic ports, Ust-Luga, Vysotsk, St. Petersburg, and Kaliningrad, where Russia has expanded grain handling facilities and converted some coal and fertilizer terminals, increasing grain handling capacity sharply during twenty twenty-six.
speaker_0HOST
However, most Russian wheat is grown in the central, Volga, and southern regions, which are naturally geared towards Black Sea ports.
speaker_0HOST
Baltic grain exports are heavily dependent on rail, but limited road access to some terminals means rail slots become a critical constraint during peak shipping periods.
Philip IngramHOST
The pain for the Ukrainians certainly will increase.
Philip IngramHOST
Before that, on night of August the 13th, Russia's Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga was attacked by Ukrainian drones.
Philip IngramHOST
That facility handles crude oil, petroleum fertilizers, and exports around seven hundred thousand barrels of oil a day.
Philip IngramHOST
You'll remember that the site was hit over multiple days in March of this year, causing a massive nine hundred and seventy million dollars in lost revenue.
Jerome StarkeyHOST
That's the fifth time that plant has been hit since December.
Jerome StarkeyHOST
We've also seen that night the ports at Ust-Luga and Vysotsk.
Jerome StarkeyHOST
Those are north and south of the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, so west of Saint Petersburg, the city of Saint Petersburg, variously 900 and 1,000 kilometers from, uh, Ukrainian territory.
Jerome StarkeyHOST
There have been total blackouts separately recorded in Crimea.
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