Agrarian news
20.10.2010
Ukraine: 3-grade wheat prices grew by 51% compared to the previous year
As of October 15, 2010, the average weighted purchasing price for 3-grade wheat in Ukraine totaled 1571 UAH/t, an increase of 51% compared to the price index of the same date of the previous year, and up 6% compared to the previous month indices, informed the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, referring to operative data of levels of average weighted purchasing prices for grains in Ukraine .
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Ukraine: as of October 1, grain stocks down 24%
As of October 1, 2010, in Ukraine agricultural enterprises (except of small ones) and grain storage and processing enterprises stocked 17.9 mln tonnes of grains (including 9.9 mln tonnes of wheat, 3.2 mln tonnes of barley, 3.3 mln tonnes of maize, 0.4 mln tonnes of rye), down 24% compared to October 1, 2009, informed the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on October 15.
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Ukraine. Sunflower seeds purchase price 83% up
The average weighted purchase price for sunflower seeds in Ukraine made up 3,810 UAH/ton as of October 15, 2010, 83% up against the same date of the previous year (2,084 UAH/ton, USD 1/UAH 7.91), the Agriculture Ministry press service informs.
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Canada - Grain handling plant for Ukraine
Grain handling giant Viterra plans to step up its ability to source Ukrainian wheat, barley and canola through a new marketing office in that country's capital city.
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Ukraine. Quotas have been introduced, grain exports blocked
On October 19 the regulation on grain exports quotas introduction went into effect after it was published in the government’s newspaper “Uriadovyi kurier”.
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Ukraine Exporters Cancel Wheat Orders Amid Govt Curbs
Grain traders in Ukraine are canceling wheat export orders for several thousand metric tons each due to the government's decision to limit exports to 500,000 tons for the rest of 2010, several trading executives said separately Monday and Tuesday.
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Ukraine expects for high sunflower oil production
In 2010/11 MY, sunflower seed production in Ukraine is expected at the level of 7 mln tonnes, and sunflower oil production – over 3.1 mln tonnes, declared Stepam Kapshuk, the General Director of the Association Ukroliyaprom, during his presentation at the conference "Oilseeds & Oils 2010" on October 18, in Istanbul.
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Extreme weather forces Indonesia to import rice
Indonesia will be forced to import rice in bulk and reduce exports of other commodities after extreme weather harmed agriculture over the past few months, officials said Friday.
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UK wheat prices 'may prove best performers'
UK wheat prices may prove the world's best performers thanks to the limited availability of export supplies, which could see shipments dry up early next year.
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Production of meat, eggs up, milk - down in Ukraine
Meat production in Ukraine grew by 6.4% in January-September 2010 against the same period of 2009 and made up 2 million tons (in live weight), the State Statistics Committee reports.
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