Agrarian news
12.10.2010
Canada Looks To Promote Beef In China
Canadian beef could soon be a staple of the Chinese diet if a delegation from the country's three westernmost provinces gets it way.
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Ukraine. Milk, meat producers will be examined by European inspectors
European inspectors will examine Ukrainian enterprises producing meat, milk, fish and honey for availability of veterinary preparations in the relevant products, the State Committee for Veterinary Medicine informs.
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Ukraine. The Ministry of Economy has prepared a draft regulation on grain exports quotas introduction
Ukraine. The Ministry of Economy has prepared a draft regulation on grain exports quotas introduction in the amount of 2702 KMT till December 31, 2010.
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Ukraine. Nine-month throughput of OCSP is down 8.5%, to 18.79m tons
Freight turnover of state-run Odessa Commercial Sea Port (OCSP, Ukraine) in January-September fell 8.5% as compared with the same period of 2009, to 18 million 792.5 thousand tons, the company’s report said. In the reporting period the operator handled 10 million 169.8 thousand tons of dry cargo, down 16.4% from Jan-Sept., 2009, and 8,622,700 tons of liquid bulk cargo, or a 2.8-percent gain y-o-y.
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US 2010/11 sugar supplies tighten
The USDA said on Friday that domestic sugar supplies tightened, although lower output was offset a bit by higher beginning stocks and imports.
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Nearly 37 million tons of grain harvested in Ukraine
As of October 8, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, 36.88 million tons of grain was harvested from an area of 13,690,000 hectares, accounting for 93% of the plan. The average yield of grain and leguminous crops reaches 26.9 centners per hectare.
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Russia - Still courting the WTO
Russia is ready to restrict itself to the limitations of the World Trade Organization (WTO), only after Moscow's admission to the organization, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
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USA - Grain stocks up 2%
Old crop corn stocks in all positions on September 1, 2010 totaled 1.71 billion bushels, up 2 percent from September 1, 2009. Of the total stocks, 485 million bushels are stored on farms, down 20 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 1.22 billion bushels, are up 15 percent from a year ago. The June - August 2010 indicated disappearance is 2.60 billion bushels, compared with 2.59 billion bushels during the same period last year.
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Ukraine. Agrarian ministry proposes to ban cash settlements for grain
The Agrarian Policy Ministry proposes to ban cash settlements for grain, Agrarian Policy Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk told the Ukrainian Grain Congress in Kyiv.
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Ukraine. Agrarian Fund ups grain reserves by 500,000 tons in two months
The Agrarian Fund of Ukraine currently has 1.6 million tons of grain in storage, which is more than a minimum required level of reserves at 1.5 million tons, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk has said.
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