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Oilseeds

Soybeans, canola, sunflower, and other oilseed crops

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Olive trees spaced across stony red ground on a hillside in the commune of Imlil, Morocco, with further groves and mountains behind

Moroccan olive oil pours into EU at record pace as next crop seen falling 40%

Six-month shipments of 22,409 tonnes exceed any full year since 2000, as Interprolive forecasts a 1.2mn-tonne crop and Andalucía asks Brussels to suspend duty-free inward processing

Sep 8, 2026
Rows of olive trees stretching across rolling hills in the municipality of Jaén, southern Spain, with the Cerro Aznaitín and the Sierra Mágina on the horizon under a blue sky

Italy's Coricelli nears exclusive talks to buy Deoleo for €500mn as Madrid asks for a Spanish buyer

The world's largest olive-oil bottler is changing hands with Spanish extra virgin back at its €3.50 floor and Tunisia now the biggest supplier to the US

Sep 2, 2026
Close view of a flax crop carrying dense seed capsules on thin stems, the field turning from green to gold

Hot nights hit Kazakhstan's flax at its oil-fill peak just as Europe leans on it for three-fifths of supply

Night minima 6°C above normal at Petropavl land on the fortnight the crop sets its oil content, weeks before the September export season opens

Aug 4, 2026
Aerial view of the TIS bulk terminals at Port Pivdennyi on the Ukrainian Black Sea coast, with bulk carriers alongside the berths, coal and ore stockpiles, grain silos and rail sidings running along the quay

Ukraine's seaports become its discount outlet as shipowners refuse to sail into Odesa

Corn delivered to Odesa is bid $26 a tonne below corn railed to the western border, and crushers have stopped buying seed even though margins are intact

Aug 3, 2026
A combine harvester cuts a ripe rapeseed crop, leaving stubble behind it, in a field at Véron in the Yonne, France

France sows next year's rapeseed into bone-dry ground as prices hit a three-and-a-half-year high

Seven of eight monitored points in the French belt took a third or less of normal July rainfall, weeks before drilling begins for the 2027 crop

Jul 31, 2026
Cold and saturated fields delay Canadian canola planting just as China returns

Cold and saturated fields delay Canadian canola planting just as China returns

With fields too cold to seed and too wet to drive, Prairie farmers face a compressed May window — just as China resumes buying Canadian canola.

Apr 29, 2026