date:Mar 13, 2014
International grain traders are looking at French wheat as a possible replacement for Ukrainian supplies should shipments from one of the world's top exporters get held up by political turmoil over Russia's moves in Crimea. Most of the spring grain area in Crimea is unlikely to be sown this year due to the geopolitical tensions over the region, Ukraine's agriculture minister said on Tuesday. And while the Black Sea peninsula is not a primary growing area, the threat of wider disruptions worry th