Agrarian news
22.03.2011
AgroGeneration targeting Ukraine - Reuters
Asked when a deal could come in Argentina, Vilgrain said: "Probably in the second half of the year." AgroGeneration could invest in Africa, "a region with a huge potential" but probably not for at least five years.
more14.03.2011
Ukraine, Russia grain export curbs deter investors
Grain export restrictions in Ukraine and Russia to address food security concerns are making investors re-think their commitments in these regions, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said.
more14.03.2011
Tigipko proposes introduction of indicative prices to control exports
The introduction of indicative prices will help prevent Ukrainian enterprises understating export prices with the aim of moving profit outside the country tax-free, Deputy Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister Sergiy Tigipko has said.
more04.03.2011
Ukraine Seed Imports Delayed by Customs Procedures, Group Says
Ukrainian customs procedures are delaying importation of grain and sugar-beet seeds for the spring sowing campaign, which may result in lower yields and smaller harvests, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Association and the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation said.
more21.02.2011
Bio-power plant under construction
Zorg Biogas Ukraine is building a biogas plant in the Zhytomyrsky region of Ukraine, starting this spring, with completion due by Q4 2011.
more14.02.2011
Belarus increased purchasing prices for agricultural products of the harvest-2011
The Government of Belarus increased purchasing prices for agricultural commodities of the harvest-2011, realized for the state purposes. The decision appears in the Decree of the Council of Ministers #156. According to the Decree, the average growth of purchasing prices for grains and groats crops of the harvest-2011 totals 28%, due to the current price conjuncture on the foreign market, low profitability of plant growing products, rise of material expenses. Such growth is object to support profitability at the level of level 20%.
more14.02.2011
Ukraine: in the first half year of 2010/11 MY Kernel exported 1.25 mln tonnes of grains
In the first half year of 2010/11 MY (July-June), Kernel Group, one of the largest Ukrainian operators of sunflower oil market and grain exporter, supplied 1.25 mln tonnes of grains on foreign markets, including 0.86 mln tonnes in the forth quarter, according to the company report.
more11.02.2011
Ukraine: over 56% of winter crops sowings face good condition
According to data from regions, as of February 10, 2011, winter grain sowings in Ukraine faced good condition throughout 4.54 mln ha, which totaled 56.2% from the general winter grain sowing areas. 3.04 mln ha of winter grain sowings, or 37.6%, faced satisfactory condition, marked the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine. Nearly 500 thsd ha (6.2%) of winter crops sowings showed weak and thinned condition.
more11.02.2011
Ukraine to import 20 thsd tonnes of buckwheat groats from China
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine provides negotiations with trading companies and the embassy of China concerning purchases of buckwheat groats to Ukraine, declared Nikholay Prysiazhnyuk, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, on February 9.
more09.02.2011
Ukraine. Cabinet considers possibility of buckwheat import
The Cabinet considers possibility of buckwheat import, Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk told a press conference.
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