26.08.2010
Russian inflation 5.4 pct since start of year
Russia's consumer price inflation reached 5.4 percent since the start of 2010 and 0.2 percent in the week August 17-23, for a third week running, the Statistics Service said on Wednesday.
more25.08.2010
China’s fertiliser needs in view
As all eyes look to China for a possible competing offer for PotashCorp , the country’s fertiliser needs are increasingly in the limelight.
more25.08.2010
2010 budget deficit may reach 6% of GDP - analyst
The state budget deficit in 2010 may reach 6% of GDP - about 67 billion UAH (1 USD - 7.9 UAH). This forecast was voiced by the director of the research department with investment company Astrum Investment Management, Oleksiy Blinov.
more25.08.2010
German rain erodes hopes for Europe's grain
A rain-delayed German harvest has prompted Toepfer to forecast a 13% slide in the country's grain crop, and spurred US officials to cut by 10m tonnes their forecast for overall European Union production.
more25.08.2010
Russia not to import grains
In the current year, Russia will not essentially increase grain import volumes. And the speculations about the opposite plans of the Government of the Russian Federation were triggered by deceptive grain traders, in order to increase the demand in grains on the market, declared Oleg Aksenov, the official representative of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, on August 20.
more25.08.2010
Ministry Cabinet of Ukraine to postpone establishment of grain export quotas
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will not examine the possibility of establishment of quotas for exports of grains in the nearest future, declared Nikolay Prysiaghniuk, the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, on August 25.
more25.08.2010
Ukraine not yet introducing grain export quotas
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is not going to introduce quotas on grain exports so far, Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Prysiazhniuk told reporters on Wednesday before the Cabinet's meeting.
more25.08.2010
Grain prices down
Wheat gave back some of its big advances on Tuesday with prices in Chicago falling to $7.1 for a bushel - a 2% drop from previous trading.
more25.08.2010
Ukraine. Agriculture Ministry predicts no rise in prices of bread
Prices of bread will not be raised, Ukrainian Deputy Agriculture Minister Serhiy Tryhubenko has said.
more20.08.2010
In 2010, maize production in Ukraine to total 11 mln tonnes
Several oblasts of Ukraine started maize harvesting campaign. According to official data, as of August 19, Ukrainian agrarians produced 25.4 thsd tonnes of grains with the average yield of 46.3 c/ha.
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