Засуха от Китая до США приводит к росту мировых цен на зерновые и масличные культуры

Drought is reducing crop yields from the US farm belt to China's Yangtze River basin, exacerbating the risks of global famine and weighing on the outlook for inflation. Harvest worries have arisen in the American Midwest, where some corn stalks are so dry they are missing heads and there are fewer and smaller soybean pods than usual. A dismal crop report from Pro Farmer helped push grain prices to their highest level since June. The world is desperately trying to replenish stocks of grain dwindled due to trade disruptions in the Black Sea region and adverse weather conditions in some of the largest growing regions. But a crop tour of U.S. fields last week stunned market participants, who were more optimistic, with reports of significant crop damage due to horrendous heat and lack of soil moisture. The drought is hurting Europe, China and India, and the outlook for exports from Ukraine, a major supplier of corn and vegetable oil, is hard to predict amid the conflict. “Even with the ...