Agrarian news
31.05.2012
IGC: Ukraine #2 Corn Exporter
Dow Jones. Ukraine is heading for another bumper harvest of corn in the next marketing year that starts Oct. 1 and output may rise 5.3% to 24 million metric tons, the International Grains Council said Friday.
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IGC cuts global wheat crop outlook, raises corn
Global wheat stocks should fall to a four-year low by the end of the 2012/13 season with the crop outlook dimming in the European Union, Russia and Morocco, the International Grains Council said in a monthly update on Thursday. The IGC said global maize stocks, in contrast, should climb to a three-year high by the end of the 2012/13 season buoyed by record global production.
more15.05.2012
Russia, Ukraine surging in global grain markets
Fueled by record harvests, Russia and Ukraine are expected to surge to the top ranks of the global export markets for wheat and corn in the coming years, a development that will open up new investment opportunities in commodities and equities.
more13.05.2012
IGC Cuts World 2012-13 Wheat Output View 0.7% To 676 Mln Tons
The global wheat crop is forecast at 676 MMT - down by 5 MMT from previous forecast and 19 MMT below the previous year’s record, the International Grains Council said on Thursday. The EU crop forecast is reduced sharply due to reports of worse than expected winter damage and recent dry conditions.
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Improved supplies, strong demand seen this year - FAO
Global food prices measured by the FAO Food Price Index fell three points or 1.4 percent from March to April 2012 but seem to have stabilized at a relatively high level of 214 points, FAO said today.
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Kernel buys Stiomi-Holding
Kernel Holding S.A. entered into a call option agreement to purchase a 100% interest in two farming companies, one which manages 79,200 ha of leasehold farmland in the Khmelnitsk region (Stiomi-Holding: grains and oilseeds, flour an bakery producer) and the other which manages 40,000 ha of leasehold farmland in the Poltava region.
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In April Ukraine exports about 2.4 MMT of grain
Grain Ukraine estimates Ukrainian grains export in April at about 2.4 MMT, mostly corn - above 1.5 MMT, 0.6 MMT of wheat and 0.2 MMT of barley.
more23.03.2012
Voting for best national dish of Ukraine starts as part of Taste, Country! competition
The organizers of the Taste, Country! all-Ukrainian competition for the promotion of national cuisine before the Euro 2012 European Football Championship have drawn up the national menu of Ukraine and announced the start of the voting to choose the best dish.
more21.03.2012
Agrarian Fund from March 30 to start forward purchase of 1.29 m t of grain
The Agrarian Fund from March 30, 2012 is to start forward purchases of bread wheat and rye of the 2012 harvest in consignments of from 500 tonnes, reads a media report on Tuesday.
more21.03.2012
Ukraine: harvest of grains and leguminous crops in 2012 to total nearly 40-42 mln tonnes – Hydrometeorological Center
The general harvest of grains and leguminous crops in Ukraine in 2012 will be significantly lower compared to the last year results, declared Anatoliy Prokopenko, Deputy Head of the Hydrometeorological Center of Ukraine, during the round table discussion "Harvest-2012 through the prism of the condition of winter crops sowings and prospects for spring sowing works", which takes place in Dnipropetrovsk on March 16.
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