Ukraine War not the market mover many perceived – Voice Of Muscatine

A grain market economist suggests the War in Ukraine has not supported commodity prices like many traders anticipated.

Ed Usset with the University of Minnesota says when the war began two years ago it was considered a very bullish event for the grain markets because of how it would upset supplies and movement out of the Black Sea.

“But the fact is, Russia has had good wheat crops, and they are the largest exporter of wheat in the world.

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