Agrarian news
27.09.2010
Ukraine. Intervention prices for grains up
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy has again raised the minimum and maximum intervention prices for grain in the 2010/2011 marketing year. The relevant order was put on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.
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General Mills commits to 100 percent sustainable palm oil by 2015
General Mills said today it will “strive to source 100 percent of our palm oil from responsible and sustainable sources by 2015.”
more27.09.2010
Ukraine. Nothing threatens country's food security - Azarov
Nothing threatens the country's food security, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said during his working visit to Kharkiv, UKRINFORM correspondent reports.
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Ukraine to Increase Food Production
Ukraine, one of the world's major wheat producers, is set to help the United Nations fight hunger in several regions of the world. This was one of the key messages the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych conveyed to the United Nations during his visit to the UN General Assembly.
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Ukraine. Winter crops sown on 40% of planned areas
According to live data of the Agrarian Policy Ministry, winter grain crops are sown on the area of 3.388 million ha that makes up 40% of the forecast (8.6 million ha).
more24.09.2010
Ukraine not to increase prices for sunflower oil
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine recommended to the State Enterprise with Foreign Investments Suntrade and to Kernel–Trade Ltd. to abstain from the illegitimate increase of sunflower oil prices of the most popular trade marks of social brands, announced the press-service of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on September 16.
more24.09.2010
European Union - Slowdown in grain imports
With just 1.5 million tonnes bought so far this season compared with 2mt in 2009/10 and 3mt 2008/09, grain imports into the EU-27 are currently way below normal,while exports remain strong as the world struggles to source grains in Russia's absence from the market.
more24.09.2010
Zerno Ukrainy to export grain under intergovernmental agreements
Zerno Ukrainy will export grain under intergovernmental agreements, said Anatoliy Razgon, director of the Ag Ministry’s agricultural market development department. “This company shall perform some of the Agrarian Fund’s state regulatory functions in that part where this government agency just cannot perform these functions,” said the official.
more24.09.2010
Illichevsk will have another grain export terminal
LLC Louis Dreyfus Ukraine plans to build a grain terminal in Illichevsk. This was announced during the meeting between the Head of State regional Administration and representatives of the company.
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Every day Ukrainian railway discharges about 500 cars with grains
In 2010 Ukrainian railways transported 8.175 MMT of grain cargoes, including 6.55 MMT of grain transported to ports for exports. As of Sept 17 more than 1.6 MMT of grain cargoes were carried in domestic traffic. The main types of grain cargo which transported by rail in Ukraine are wheat, barley, maize, rapeseed and sunflower.
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