Agrarian news
29.10.2009
Landkom International abandons plans to merge
The Ukrainian company Landkom International specializing in the production of oil-bearing and grain crops has abandoned its plans to merge with one of large operators of the agricultural market.
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Cheese and spread production down in nine months
According to the State Statistics Committee, in January-September 2009, production of fatty cheese in Ukraine fell by 3.5% year-over-year, to 183,600 tons.
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Sugar production up 73% in nine months
In January-September 2009, Ukrainian sugar plants produced 161,000 tons of granulated sugar from beet raw sugar.
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Philippine feedmillers buy Ukrainian feed wheat
A GROUP of Philippine feed-millers bought a total of 133,000 metric tons of feedwheat, mostly from the Ukraine, at $210 per MT, cost and freight, an industry official said on Monday.
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EBRD continues support for Ukrainian infrastructure
$27 million loan facility to finance container and logistics service centre in Odessa
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Russia: Tuapse sea port processed 400 thsd tonnes of grains
During nine months of 2009, OJSC Tuapse sea trading port (Russia) processed 13.8 mln tonnes of cargoes, a decrease of 6% compared to the same index of the previous year, declared the media-department of the port on October 15.
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Ukraine sowed winter grains throughout 7.6 mln ha
As of October 23 of the current year, Ukraine sowed winter grains throughout 7.6 mln ha (97% from the forecasted areas), which nearly corresponds to the previous year level, declared the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.
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Biogas plant planned for construction in Donetsk region
An order for an unusual project was made by the joint stock company Ekoprod, one of the largest agricultural enterprises in Donetsk region.
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Corn, Soybeans Climb as Dollar Rally Halts, Increasing Demand
Corn rallied, rebounding from the largest decline since June, and soybeans rose as a weakening dollar boosted the demand outlook for supplies from the U.S., the world’s biggest producer of the crops.
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Canadian wheat troubles Turkish producers
Canada is one of the leading traders of wheat in the world even though Anatolia is the originator of the grain and has been producing it for thousands of years. The competition between Turkish and Canada producers, which has “the world’s best wheat quality system guarantee,” is very difficult for the former due to the low number of enterprises, low technology usage, high costs and a lack of variety standard, a recent seminar has revealed.
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