Agrarian news
15.05.2009
Khleb Ukrainy completes Q1 2009 with loss USD 583,279
Net income from sales of the state company Khleb Ukrainy fell 84.3%, to UAH 4.6mn (EUR 438,731, USD 596,241) in Q1 2009, against the same period in 2008.
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EBRD approved two loans to an amount of $125 Ml for Ukrainian banks
The Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved two loans totaling $125 Ml for Ukrainian financial institutions.
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European biofuels firms scramble for 'idle' lands in poor countries
Massive tracts of land in Africa, Russia and Ukraine are being bought up or leased by richer countries to ensure access to food and for production of biofuels - a development that could result in unrest as locals begin to lose access over their territory.
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Ukraine bans swine imports from southern Russia
Ukraine has banned imports of pork and swine from the Russian Southern Federal District following a registered case of African swine fever in the Rostov region (200 kilometres from the border with Ukraine), the head of the Ukrainian State Committee for Veterinary Medicine, Pyotr Verbitsky, said on Wednesday.
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Ukraine exports 21.5 m tonnes of grain this marketing year
Ukraine has exported 21.5 million tonnes of grain since the current marketing year started on July 1, 2008, Agriculture Minister Yuriy Melnyk told journalists in Kyiv on Wednesday.
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Russia set to export record amount of grain this year
Russia set to export record amount of grain this year
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Ukraine increased agricultural products output by 19.1%
In April, 2009, the growth of agricultural production in Ukraine totaled 19.1% compared to the previous month, declared Julia Timoshenko, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, on May 13.
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Ukraine sowed spring grains throughout 6.8 mln ha
As of May 13, Ukraine sowed spring grains and leguminous plants throughout 6.82 mln ha, an increase of 3% compared to the same date of the previous year, declared Julia Timoshenko, the Prime Minister of Ukraine.
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Grain harvest in Russia to decrease to 100 mln tons
In the following season, grain harvest in Russia will decrease by over 7% – to the level of 100 mln tons, declared Arcadiy, Zlochevskiy, the president of the Russian Grain Union, on May 12.
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