31.08.2010
Kernel to spend another $200 million on acquisitions
One of the largest operators in the Ukrainian market of sunflower oil and grain exports, company Kernel Groups, will spend on acquisitions up to $200 million in the 2011 fiscal year (started July 1).
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Russian Union of Milling and Groats Enterprises appeals to the Government to cancel flour export ban
The Russian Union of Milling and Groats Enterprises supports the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation on imposition of the temporary grain export ban from the territory of the Russian Federation, stated the letter of the Union to Viktor Zubkov, the first Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.
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Ukraine to face buckwheat deficit – anti-monopoly committee
Ukraine’s anti-monopoly committee said the situation on the buckwheat market is explained by objective factors, the committee’s chairman, Alexei Kostusev, told a roundtable meeting.
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Over 5 million tons of fresh grain sold on stock exchange
In the course of exchange trading in the grain harvest of 2010, more than 5.1 million tons of grain was sold as of August 27, including on spot terms 1.8 million tons and on the terms of forward 3.3 million tons. Virtually all of the crop was sold under export agreements, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported.
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Ukraine planning to increase milk output by 2020
Milk production in Ukraine may grow by 25% by 2020, while almost a third of total milk production is to be exported. Such tasks are foreseen in the state economic program for the development of dairy cattle breeding in Ukraine, which was drafted by the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry.
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Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine decreased own forecast of grain production
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine decreased the forecast of general grain production in Ukraine in the current season to the level of 40.5 mln tonnes, declared Nikolay Prysiaghniuk, the Minister of Agrarian Policy.
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Ukraine Expects Commodities Exports To Germany To Rise If Free Trade Zone With EU Created
"We expect a rise in Ukrainian exports to Germany in course of further liberalisation of trade relations between Ukraine and the EU, including after signing an agreement on creation of a free trade zone," she said.
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Ukraine. Agrarian Fund expecting lower prices for grain
Due to a sharp jump in grain prices, Agrarian Fund has suspended purchases of grain. This was reported during an open meeting on agriculture by Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture Viktor Slauta. The price of the third-class wheat in the domestic market has already reached USD 1,800/ton (1 USD - 7.89 UAH).
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Ukraine. Agrarian ministry says sunoil exports may reach 60% of global market
At end-2010, with the trends on the domestic grain market taken into account, the export of sunflower oil from Ukraine may reach 60% of the world market, while in 2009 it was 54%, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy Yevhen Lavrov has said.
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German wheat prices at 28-month high on crop worry
German wheat prices touched their highest level in 28 months on Monday as concern intensified that continuing rain may cause serious last-minute damage to the country's harvest.
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