26.02.2010
Wanted: a BSE Agro index
The doubling of the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty from March lows can be attributed to the absence of agriculture-based components in both indices
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Ukraine to provide sowing works behind time due to weather conditions
In 2010, Ukraine will provide the sowing works behind time compared to the previous year, declared Yuri Melnik, the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, on February 24. According to him, difficult weather conditions caused the situation, and to date, ice cover occupied nearly 7% of sowing areas.
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As of Jan, mayonnaise output slumped by 38%, down to 11,400 MT
Within Jan 2010 mayonnaise output has plummeted to 11,410 MT, down 38% against Dec 2009/down 7% as of Jan 2009, reported Agrarika Ltd referring to Jan 2010 companies outputs preliminary data, As to report, within Sept/09-Jan/10 companies have declined mayonnaise total output to 69,360 MT, down against 74,270 MT in Sept/08-Jan/09.
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China hikes rice price to boost output
China has boosted the price it pays for rice by up to 10 percent this year to encourage farmers to plant more and increase production, state media said on Sunday.
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US report sees Philippines importing more grains this year
Lower production amid rising demand will force the Philippines to import more rice, corn and wheat this year, a report of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) attaché in Manila, dated Feb. 5, read.
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German barley farmers rush for intervention buying
German farmers are, thanks to weak export hopes, on track to sell considerably more barley for intervention buying than the whole of the European Union submitted of the grain last season.
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Experts predict 2010 grain crop at 40 million tons
According to experts, the harvest of grain crops in Ukraine in 2010 will be 40 million tons. Under these terms production growth in agriculture in 2010 will be from 2% to 3.5%, the President's Secretariat predicts.
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Ukraine Bans Pig and Pork Products Imports From Russian Region.
Ukraine has banned import of pigs and pork products from Russia's Volgograd Region due to registered cases of African hog cholera there, according to local media reports.
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In 2009, the negative trade balance between Moldova and Ukraine totaled $ 377.5 million.
As «InfoMaket» agency was informed in the Ukrainian Embassy in Moldova, the Ukraine continues to maintain a leading position in the foreign trade with Moldova, taking the first place on the import volume which amounted to $ 458.8 million and the third place on the volume of foreign trade turnover amounting to $ 540.1 million.
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Soil moisture content improved considerably
Soil moisture replenished significantly as a result of winter precipitation. For example, the content of productive moisture at the one-meter soil layer equals 160-170 mm in Kherson region (one of the most arid region of Ukraine) even on sown fields that were not fallow prior to planting last fall. That is 30-45% higher than average annual values. This moisture is an important positive factor contributing to crop formation in this arid region.
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