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Hey there, bargain hunter. While the market keeps bidding up anything with a GPU in it, two of the most consequential shifts in global food supply happened in the last 48 hours, and the stocks positioned to benefit are trading at fractions of what any tech multiple looks like.

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India is still managing wheat exports through government permissions and country-to-country arrangements under DGFT policy, rather than throwing the doors open to unrestricted wheat exports. At the same time, Reuters reported that attacks on shipping have shut down more than 97% of Russia and Ukraine’s grain export capacity in the Azov and Black Sea basin, cutting off a major source of low-cost supplies and helping to drive up global prices. Analysts at Rusagrotrans estimate Russia’s August wheat exports at 1.8 million tons, the lowest level for the month since 2010.

What Actually Happened

India’s wheat crop is tracking at record levels, with USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service forecasting about 120 million metric tons. Domestic price management and export controls remain politically sensitive, so don’t confuse “permission-based exports” with a full export-ban repeal. Meanwhile, Reuters reported there are currently no shipments from Ukraine’s Black Sea terminals. In Russia, Reuters reported the only grain terminal not officially shut is a small facility in Tuapse with capacity of about 160,000 tons per month. That is a rounding error against the 7.2 million metric tons per month the two countries together exported from those terminals last season.

The grain map is not shifting gradually. It is cracking under pressure.

Why ADM and Bunge, Not Just Wheat Futures

The angle bargain hunters should care about is not spot wheat. It is crush margin. When Black Sea supply exits and India remains tightly managed, trade flows reroute through US terminals, South American origination, and the global oilseed-processing complex. That is ADM and Bunge’s turf.

ADM’s Q2 2026 filing shows the company raised its full-year 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to approximately $5.15 to $5.60, up from the prior range of $4.15 to $4.70, citing strong commercial execution and a constructive biofuels environment. On the Bunge side, the company raised its full-year 2026 adjusted EPS outlook to $9.00 to $9.50, up from $7.50 to $8.00, after Q1 results. And importantly, Bunge’s processing and origination footprint is larger today because the Viterra deal closed in July 2025, so 2026 volumes are being generated by the combined network.

The Input Cost Wrinkle: Fertilizers

There is a cost that does not go away quietly. DAP sits at $795/ton, up 3.58% on the month, with some industry trackers attributing firmness in part to China extending restrictions on phosphate fertilizer exports through August 2026. Analysts expect nitrogen-focused producers such as CF Industries and Nutrien to outperform peers with heavier phosphate and potash exposure, including Mosaic. CF Industries has been generating substantial free cash flow, but the specific valuation multiples and year-to-date move change daily, so treat any single snapshot as a moving target.

Bull / Base / Bear

• Bull: Black Sea stays closed through harvest season. India captures Middle East import contracts Egypt held with Russia. ADM and Bunge origination volumes surge. Crush margins hold above 2025 levels through Q4.
• Base: India remains a tightly managed supplier while alternative routes absorb partial Black Sea volume. ADM delivers the midpoint of its updated EPS guide. Bunge earns around $9.25 for the year.
• Bear: A ceasefire reopens Black Sea ports faster than expected, collapsing the supply premium. Fertilizer input costs erode processor margins before pricing catches up. Bunge has guided grain merchandising and milling lower than prior projections.

Action Plan

ADM and Bunge are the core processors. CF Industries is the nitrogen pure play for fertilizer exposure. For a conservative hand, BG on pullbacks toward $105 and ADM at any discount to its updated guidance midpoint make sense as staggered entries. CF, if it is still sitting at a single-digit forward multiple when you check, is worth a half position now.

Cheap Investor Scorecard

• Black Sea port reopening: monitor weekly vessel call data from Odesa and Novorossiysk
• ADM full-year adjusted EPS: watch against $5.15 to $5.60 guidance band
• Bunge full-year adjusted EPS: $9.00 to $9.50 target; Q3 results are the next checkpoint
• India wheat export volumes: watch DGFT policy changes and confirmed shipment data
• DAP price at $795/ton: any break above $820 signals further input pressure for row crop farmers
• CF Industries valuation: worth re-evaluating if the multiple expands materially from current levels
• Viterra integration synergies for Bunge: watch Q3 commentary for cost and volume targets

Bottom Line

If the Black Sea stays functionally closed through October, the origination and processing volumes that once cleared through Novorossiysk and Odesa have to go somewhere. The US and South American crush complex is the most credible alternative, and ADM and Bunge own much of that infrastructure. If India’s tightly managed export posture still pulls some Middle Eastern buyers toward Indian wheat, US processors capture a larger share of the remaining global trade flow. The risk is a fast ceasefire. The opportunity is that nobody in the market is paying close attention to processors that trade at single-digit forward multiples while grain routes get permanently redrawn.