Source: Keith Good, FARM POLICY NEWS, UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, 5/31/22

Financial Times writers Polina Ivanova, Leila Abboud and Max Seddon reported late last week that, “European leaders have stepped up diplomatic efforts to loosen Russia’s hold on Ukraine’s grain supplies as Kyiv’s prospects in the eastern Donbas region worsen and the risk of a global food crisis mounts. “German chancellor Olaf Scholz and French president Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation with Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Saturday. Putin told them Moscow was willing to find ways...

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