28.08.2012
Ukraine starts 2012 maize harvest with a low yield
Grain Ukraine. Ukraine harvested to August 27 25.48 million metric tons of grain on 9.9 million hectares with the average yield of 2.57 tons per hectare, the Agriculture Ministry reported on Monday.
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Canada to export live stock to Ukraine
KYIV, August 28 /UKRINFORM/. Canada has received a certificate for export of breeding cattle to the Ukrainian market. Ottawa believes the move is important to strengthen the bilateral trade relations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said in a statement on Monday, UKRINFORM reported citing the ministry's official website.
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Turkey: record plans on sunflower seed imports in 2012/13 MY may fail
According to operators of the Turkish market, in 2012/13 MY the imports of sunflower seed to Turkey may again reach the record index of the season-2011/12.
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The Government of Ukraine intended to create a state company which would provide guarantees on export contracts
The Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine Sergey Tigipko announced that the Government of Ukraine intended to create a state company which would provide guarantees on export contracts for big Ukrainian commodity producers.
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Ukraine to export up to 1.2 million tonnes of grain
Ukraine's grain exports will not exceed 1.2 million tonnes in August, the same volume as in July, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said on Wednesday.
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IGC cuts world corn forecast, Russia wheat below 2010
Reuters. Devastating droughts in the United States and Russia are set to drive global stocks of maize (corn) and wheat to multi-year lows, a world cereal body said on Thursday, heightening fears of rising prices and a food emergency such as the one in 2008.
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Egypt's GASC buys 180,000 T of Russian and Romanian wheat
Grain Ukraine. Egypt bought 180,000 metric tons of wheat from Russia and Ukraine on a free-on-board basis for shipment between October 1-10 on a tender of August 25
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Azarov notes need to find new foreign markets for domestic goods
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has stressed the need to find new foreign markets to promote domestic goods.
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As of August 21 Ukraine produced 25.39 mln tonnes of grains
As of August 21, 2012, agrarians of Ukraine harvested grains and leguminous plants throughout the areas of 9.84 mln ha, or 65% of the forecast. The produced volumes totaled 25.39 mln tonnes of grains with the average yield of 25.8 c/ha, declared the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. In particular, as of the reporting date agrarians already harvested 48.6 thsd tonnes of buckwheat throughout the areas of 50.7 thsd ha (18%). The average yield totaled 9.6 c/ha.
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Area for winter crops reduced in ten regions in Ukraine
Ukrainian regions have reduced the expected area for winter crops of the 2013 harvest, Director of the Department of Agriculture at the Ukrainian Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry Oleksandr Demydov has said at a regional meeting on the sowing of winter grain crops and rapeseed in the current year.
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