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Financial Times published an article saying that for US farmers with crops left over to sell from last year, wild price moves have made markets more challenging. Grain merchants operating country silos have in some cases “just pulled cash bids” because “they can’t function in an environment where [prices] are changing that quickly,” said senior […]

Trade Talks Podcast interviewed senior research fellow Joseph Glauber who explains the humanitarian crisis that looms if war cuts wheat exports from Ukraine and Russia. Fall wheat is planted in the fall and harvested in the summer. Ukrainian farmers are in the fields in April and May, but now soldiers are there. Tanks are rolling […]

Bharat Express-News published an article stating that in 2019, India was among the 35 countries most affected by anemia in children and pregnant women. One reason the Center’s programs may have had limited success, experts say, is misdirected treatment. There is no survey that traces the causes of anemia in adults. Senior research fellow Purnima […]

CNBC International TV published a video interview with senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. He discussed how prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we were at low stock levels and high prices anyway–maize, wheat, soybeans all at high levels. Ukraine is a major exporter of those crops, and we see a high inflationary impact. The […]

Times Now published an article that stated that oil prices have been soaring through the roof to the skies since Russia invaded Ukraine. There was another price hike announced last week amid confusion over whether major producers would help to plug a gap in supplies from Russia. With the US and western allies announcing a […]

The Guardian (Science Weekly) speaks on a podcast about how the world is watching oil and gas prices soar – the next big shock could hit the dinner table. Collectively, Russia and Ukraine are responsible for more than a quarter of global wheat exports and for around 80 percent of the world’s supply of sunflower […]

UN Dispatch published a podcast that featured senior research fellow Joseph Glauber to discuss various impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine including why stockpiles of corn, soybean, and wheat are so low. Glauber said, “That area of the world has been a traditional breadbasket dating back centuries, but particularly in the last 30 years […]

Washington Post published an article stating that many Middle Eastern and African countries that rely heavily on Black Sea grains and vegetable oils are already seeing food prices soar. Governments around the globe are struggling to deal with surging agriculture prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said that before the […]

Wired published an article about how millions of tons of grain may not make it out of Ukraine this year. The shortfall could spread hunger and civil unrest worldwide. Russia and Ukraine are Europe’s breadbasket. IFPRI estimates that their exports represent 12 percent of all the food calories traded in the world. The two countries […]

Reuters published an article about how the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens millions of tiny spring-time sprouts that should emerge from stalks of dormant winter wheat in the coming weeks. If the farmers can’t feed those crops soon, far fewer of the so-called tillers will spout, jeopardizing a national wheat harvest on which millions in […]