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Russia grabs more of barley market as supplies dip elsewhere
Published Sun, Sep 24, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Moscow
SMALLER barley harvests from Europe to Australia are helping Russia offload its bumper crop faster than anywhere else.
Russian exports of the grain used mostly for animal feed surged 60 per cent so far this season, government data show. For the whole of 2017-18, the country's sales will jump more than any other major shipper, while global exports fall to a four-year low, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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