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While Russia and Türkiye celebrate near-record domestic field yields, escalating security risks and paralyzed shipping lines in the Azov-Black Sea basin are choking global agricultural trade. Facing surging raw material costs and stalled contracts, Turkish grain and feed industries are urging an immediate diplomatic intervention, just as Ankara unveils a new framework plan to restore safe maritime passage.

Russia’s major export hub Novorossiysk suspended operations following a targeted drone attack on a key grain terminal, delivering another severe blow to Black Sea trade. For global grain traders, the disruption at Russia’s primary deepwater gateway may further escalate logistics bottlenecks and price volatility across international agricultural markets.