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🎄 Merry Christmas and 🌟 Happy New Year from all of us at the Grain Academy conference! As we step into the New Year, we’re excited to continue working together to drive innovation, share knowledge, and foster growth in our industry. Here’s to a 2025 filled with joy, success, and prosperity! 💫 #HappyHolidays #NewYear2025 #Growth #GrainAcademy #Agriculture

⭐Special thanks to all our incredible event #MediaPartners for their invaluable support and coverage! #ThankYou for helping us spread the word and increase event reach!📢 🤝Media Partners of #GrainAcademy2024: ✅AGRO TV BULGARIA ✅Argus Media ✅Agri.bg ✅#Zemedeleca.bg ✅Oils and Fats International ✅Agrobiznes ✅#GazetadeAgricultura ✅#AgroMedia ✅Agrointeligenta

🙌 Expressing our special #gratitude to the Sponsors and Partners of #GrainAcademy2024. Your invaluable support helped us bring together industry experts and professionals to exchange ideas and build valuable connections to propel the #Balkans and #BlackSea grain sector forward! 👏 #ThankYou 🌟 #GrainEvent #EventSponsors #GrainAcademy #GrainTrade 🏅 BG Agro 🏅Corteva Agriscience 🏅 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐔𝐌 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒🏅 DSK Bank 🏅𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 🏅𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 🏅𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐒 🏅𝐁𝐀𝐆𝐅𝐓( 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬)🏅𝐍𝐆𝐏𝐀 (Национална асоциация на зърнопроизводителите) 🔹ADM Investor Services International Limited 🔹Stratégie Grains 🔹Fastmarkets Agriculture 🔹COFCO International 🔹Cargill🔹StoneX Group Inc.🔹Soya Hellas S.A.🔹Ajax Group🔹Değirmenci Dergisi / Miller Magazine🔹Loulis Food Ingredients🔹LAT Nitrogen 🔹Shippossible Ltd.🔹EarthDaily Agro 🔹AGXECUTIVE 🔹 SERBIA GRAINS ASSOCIATION 🔹RAIL HUB TRANSYLVANIA 🔹 𝐁𝐀𝐀𝐏

☀️The energy, connections, and insights from the 8th edition of Grain Academy conference two weeks ago are now captured on a video! Join us in reliving the inspiring atmosphere filled with engaged #GrainBusiness professionals, key industry #analyses and #discussions, bustling #Networking, and positive moments. 🌎 🚀 #ConferenceHighlights #EventMoments #GrainAcademy2024 #AgribusinessEvent

✨ What an incredible event filled with great connections and even greater memories! True business success starts with authentic #relationships, and the 8th #GrainAcademyConference was full of them. 😊 Good vibes were everywhere, showing us how a positive atmosphere can spark inspiring #discussions and #networking. We were thrilled to see colleagues and friends from across the industry come together, meet each other and enjoy moments that reminded us of the power of personal connections. 👏 Thank you to all #attendees who joined the 8th edition of #GrainAcademy and made this event much more than just a business #conference!🌐🤝 #NetworkingEvent #GrainIndustryConnections #GoodVibes #VarnaGrainEvent #GrainBusiness

🌾The representatives of the Bulgarian #agrisector and the Agricultural ministry agreed to 🤝cooperate for digitalization of the sector, which will help all parties to plan and manage their business more effectively➡️ 🚜As farmers look to diversify their #crops to mitigate risks, the question arises - who will buy their production❓ On one hand farmers need money and time (at least 3 years) to test out new crops. On the other hand feed consumers require stable supply in order to blend any non main-stream crops in their feed mixes as to not stress the animals. We are certain, together the sector will find the #balance!⚖ 🌻🌱🐄The great talk for the Bulgarian #grain industry, Episode 2, featured: 🌍Magda Boyanova | COFCO International ✅Petar Dimitrov | Agricore Bulgaria 🌾Kalin Yonov, MBA | Loulis Mel Bulgaria ⛓Ventseslav Slavov | Ajax Group Bulgaria 📊petar kirovski | Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Bulgaria 👨🌾Victor Rombaut | Agro Tsar Petrovo 🌻Svetlomir Todorov | Kehlibar, Agria Group holding #GrainAcademy2024 #farming #commoditytrading #MillingIndustry #animalfeeding #supplychain

🌾🌍Balkan nations are strengthening their presence in the international #millingwheat market, with the so-called CVB (Constanta/Varna/Burgas) region becoming a key benchmark in the Black Sea #grain sector. In recent years, #wheat exports from #Bulgaria and #Romania have dominated tenders for Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and #Egypt, capturing over 30% of Algeria's imports. ⏩Additionally, CVB-origin wheat is beginning to penetrate West African markets, traditionally supplied by 12.5%-protein wheat from the #Baltics. Furthermore, Balkan #farmers will favor more areas under winter #crops🌾🔼 compared to summer crops 🌽🔽(#corn) in order to avoid heat and draught stress. These were some of the insights shared during the Balkans panel by 5 magnificent panelists at Grain Academy 2024: 🔹Sunchitsa Savovich | SERBIA GRAINS ASSOCIATION 🔹Theodore Marinakis | Soya Hellas S.A. 🔹Deian Atanassov | Cargill 🔹Namık Kemal Parlak | Değirmenci Dergisi / Miller Magazine 🔹Louisa Gorban | RAIL HUB TRANSYLVANIA

📑Key takeaways from the closing session of Grain Academy on Fertilizers, Climate and Logistics: 🔄EU should avoid switching its dependency on #Russian energy to an increased dependency on Russian #fertilizers and #food - said Ofelia Nalbant from LAT Nitrogen, as imports are set to remain elevated vs previous years. 🌧#Climate challenges remain! - Natalja Skuratovic from EarthDaily Agro confirmed persistent wet conditions for #sowing in France and noted that more rains are needed in the #BlackSea region. 🚢Yavor Velchev from Shippossible Ltd. expertly moderated this panel and explained in details how to foresee #logistics risks and avoid possible complications for #grain Sellers. #GrainAcademy #Conference #Nitrogen #Wheat #Cereals #Transportation #GrainEvent #GrainTrade

📈#Grain prices are expected to increase slightly in the second half of the season due to lower available supply as Russian exports are very strong so far, while this year's production is quite low. 📉On the other hand #sunflower seed processing in Ukraine and Russia (both produce 60% of global #sunoil) is expected to drop between 11.5%🔽 and 14%🔽 y-o-y, as #prices reach multiyear highs. These insights and many more were shared during the opening session of Grain Academy on 31st of October by world-class experts: 🌾Benoit Fayaud | Stratégie Grains 🌻Anna Platonova | Fastmarkets Agriculture 📊Eddie Tofpik MSTA, ACI-UK | ADM Investor Services International Limited Stay tuned for more insights and sneakpeaks from the conference! #GrainAcademy2024 #GrainMarkets #MarketAnalysis #Conference #Agriculture

📌 At the closing multi-faceted panel at #GrainAcademy2024, #Fertilizers, #Climate, and #Logistics, the 3 top experts: 🌱 Ofelia Nalbant | LAT Nitrogen, 🌎 Natalja Skuratovic | Earth Daily Agro and 🛳️ Yavor Velchev | Shipppossible - unpacked the layers of impact these 3 major factors have on the #grain business and #agriculture. #GrainIndustry #MaritimeRisks #FertilizerChallenges #ClimateImpact #CropConditions #FOBRisks #WeatherandAgriculture #SupplyChainSecurity