16.08.2010
State Customs Service of Ukraine to launch criminal charges against four grain traders
The State Customs Service of Ukraine launched criminal charges against four grain trading companies: enterprises with foreign investments Serna and Vitalmar Agro, Alfred C. Toepfer International Ltd. (Ukraine) and Agroextra, upon invalid data submittal about exporting grain qualitative parameters.
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Russia: grain export ban to come into force
From August 15 in Russia the grain export ban came into force. According to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on establishment of the export ban for the certain range of grain agricultural goods from the territory of the Russia Federation (dated August 5), the ban will be active till December 31. Wheat, barley, rye, maize, wheat or rye-wheat flour are in the ban list.
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Ukraine: there is no threat for food safety
On August 11, Nikolay Prysiaghniuk, the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, declared that he is sure that as of to date Ukraine does not have any food safety challenges concerning grain provision of the country.
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Ukraine: Hydrometeorological Center to forecast maize production to total 10 mln tonnes
The Hydrometeorological Center of Ukraine forecasts that in 2010, maize production in the country will total 10 mln tonnes, stated Tatiana Adamenko, the Head of Agrometeorologic Department of the Hydrometeorological Center of Ukraine, on August 12.
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Agrarian Union of Ukraine to call back the signatures under the project of Memorandum
The Agrarian Union of Ukraine calls back the signatures under the appeal of the non-governmental organizations to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and under the project of Memorandum, stated the letter of the Agrarian Union of Ukraine to Sergey Melnik, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.
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Russia’s grain harvest down 3% as of August 1
Russia’s grain harvest has amounted to 26.9 million tonnes as of August 1, down 3% from the same period of last year, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a report obtained by PRIME–TASS Friday.
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Ukraine. Prosecutor General's Office checking grain market
The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) of Ukraine has started to check the observance of laws regulating the functioning of the grain market, including grain exports.
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95% of grain threshed in Ukraine
As of 12 August, 2010 Ukraine harvested 28.41 million tons of grain from an area of 11.52 million hectares (95%). The average yield of grain and leguminous crops is 24.7 centners per hectare.
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Canadian Wheat Harvest to Drop 21%, USDA Unit Says
Canada’s wheat production will drop 21 percent in the year ending July 31 because of excess rain in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta, a unit of the U. S. Department of Agriculture said.
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Australia. Kazakh deal on grain genetics
THE Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics in Adelaide is linking up with the Kazakhstan government on wheat and barley genetics.
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