10.09.2009
Brazil's Grain Production to Fall 8.6 Percent in 2009
Brazil's grain production will total 133.5 million tons in 2009, down 8.6 percent from the 146 million produced last year, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) predicted Tuesday.
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Jul fermented milk products output up 3.5%, to 47,900 MT
As reported Agrarika Ltd referring to this year Jul companies outputs preliminary data, this year Jul fermented milk products output has grown to 47,900 MT, up 3.5% against this year Jun.
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Nestle Ukraine sales up 17% y/y in H1.
Foodmaker Nestle Ukraine raised sales by 17% y/y to UAH 1.42bn (USD 0.18bn) in H1, company announced. In particular, the company saw a 26% y/y growth in the coffee and beverages segment, up to UAH 441mn.
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Wheat Prices Up Again
Wheat prices went up by 4% in the short space of just one week, adding to the value of investment in agricultural land. The Chicago Board of Trade, the world’s largest futures exchange recently reported this steep increase in wheat, one of the most essential soft commodities.
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EU starts checks on Ukrainian milk producers
Inspectors from the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (DG-SANCO) arrived in Ukraine on September 7 to conduct an audit of Ukrainian milk products, according to the press service of the State Committee for Veterinary Medicine.
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Ukraine starts harvesting sugar beets and sunflowers
Ukrainian farms have harvested sunflowers from the first 100,000 hectares and sugar beets from 1,000 hectares as of September 4, Agriculture Minister Yuriy Melnyk has said.
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Russian grain prices fall
Most Russian grain prices declined last week as new crop grain continued to arrive on the market, analysts said on Monday, adding that prices may fall further due to a delay in government grain purchases. Forward contracts for ordinary milling wheat with protein content of 11.5 percent were fixed at $160-$162 per tonne FOB Novorossiisk compared to $162.5 the week before, the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR) said.
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Ukraine: low quality of sunflower in Crimea
According to the polling of agricultural producers, realized by APK-Inform Agency, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea faced the decrease of qualitative indices of sunflower seed of the new crop.
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Ukraine to reduce grain exports this year
Ukraine exported 3,7 million tons of grain since the beginning of 2009/10 marketing year (July 2009- June 2010), according to the Ministry of Agriculture of the country.
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Ukraine to reduce area planted with winter grain crops by 5.7% in 2009 -ministry
Ukraine will plant winter grain crops on 7.783 million hectares in 2009, down 5.7% from 2008, the Agricultural Policy Ministry said.
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