- According to the forecast of SovEcon, the wheat production in Russia will reach 75.5 million tons in 2021.

- According to APC-Inform, the export of sunseed oil from Russia reached 3.26 million tons in 2020/21, which is 18% less than the previous year. The biggest buyers were Turkey with a share of 23%, Iran with a share of 22% and China with a share of 13%.

- Over the period of September-October, the largest buyer of Russian wheat is Iran with a total share of 32%.

- According to USDA data, as of October 17, 2021, 52% of the corn areas in the United States have been harvested (+11% for the week and 41% on average for the last five years). Soybeans are harvested in 60% of the areas (+11% and 55%). 70% of the planned areas for winter wheat (+10%) have already been sown.

- Yesterday, commodity funds in Chicago were net buyers of 7,000 lots of corn, 3,000 lots of soybeans and 1,500 lots of wheat.

- According to Conab, as of October 16, 2021, 24% of the planned soybean areas in Brazil have been sown (+12% for the week and 8% a year earlier). Wheat has been harvested on 32% of the areas (+3% and 33%).

- According to GAPKI's forecast, palm oil exports from Malaysia could reach 34.42 million tons in 2021 (34.01)

- Jordan has announced a tender for the purchase of 120,000 tons of durum wheat and 120,000 tons of feed barley of any origin.

- Ethiopia is looking to buy 400,000 tons of milled wheat.

- According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture of Egypt, wheat stocks in the country allow them to meet consumption for the next 5 months. Usually after such a message a tender follows for the purchase of wheat. Stocks of vegoils are enough for 3.5 months.