Agrarian news
02.09.2010
Ukraine harvests 29.5 million tons of grain as of August 31
Ukrainian farmers as of August 31 harvested 29.5 million tons of grain and leguminous crops on an area of 11.9 million hectares (81% of the forecast), with an average yield being 24.7 quintals per hectare, the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry has reported.
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Ukraine. President calls for food price rise probe
President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday urged the government to investigate the rapid increase in food prices in Ukraine, adding that measures must be taken to ease inflation.
more31.08.2010
Kernel to spend another $200 million on acquisitions
One of the largest operators in the Ukrainian market of sunflower oil and grain exports, company Kernel Groups, will spend on acquisitions up to $200 million in the 2011 fiscal year (started July 1).
more31.08.2010
Russian Union of Milling and Groats Enterprises appeals to the Government to cancel flour export ban
The Russian Union of Milling and Groats Enterprises supports the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation on imposition of the temporary grain export ban from the territory of the Russian Federation, stated the letter of the Union to Viktor Zubkov, the first Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.
more31.08.2010
Ukraine to face buckwheat deficit – anti-monopoly committee
Ukraine’s anti-monopoly committee said the situation on the buckwheat market is explained by objective factors, the committee’s chairman, Alexei Kostusev, told a roundtable meeting.
more31.08.2010
Over 5 million tons of fresh grain sold on stock exchange
In the course of exchange trading in the grain harvest of 2010, more than 5.1 million tons of grain was sold as of August 27, including on spot terms 1.8 million tons and on the terms of forward 3.3 million tons. Virtually all of the crop was sold under export agreements, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported.
more31.08.2010
Ukraine planning to increase milk output by 2020
Milk production in Ukraine may grow by 25% by 2020, while almost a third of total milk production is to be exported. Such tasks are foreseen in the state economic program for the development of dairy cattle breeding in Ukraine, which was drafted by the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry.
more31.08.2010
Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine decreased own forecast of grain production
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine decreased the forecast of general grain production in Ukraine in the current season to the level of 40.5 mln tonnes, declared Nikolay Prysiaghniuk, the Minister of Agrarian Policy.
more31.08.2010
Ukraine Expects Commodities Exports To Germany To Rise If Free Trade Zone With EU Created
"We expect a rise in Ukrainian exports to Germany in course of further liberalisation of trade relations between Ukraine and the EU, including after signing an agreement on creation of a free trade zone," she said.
more31.08.2010
Ukraine. Agrarian Fund expecting lower prices for grain
Due to a sharp jump in grain prices, Agrarian Fund has suspended purchases of grain. This was reported during an open meeting on agriculture by Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture Viktor Slauta. The price of the third-class wheat in the domestic market has already reached USD 1,800/ton (1 USD - 7.89 UAH).
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