Agrarian news
29.08.2014
Yatseniuk: Finance Ministry to sell into reserves of National Bank US$340 million to stabilize currency exchange rate
In order to stabilize the currency exchange rate of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance is to sell into the reserves of the Ukrainian National Bank US$340 million, Government Portal says referring to the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk report made on Thursday, August 28.
more26.08.2014
Poroshenko dissolves Verkhovna Rada, early elections to be held on October 26
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has terminated the powers of the Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation, reads a statement posted on the Twitter page of the head of state.
more21.08.2014
Yatseniuk: Cabinet introduces institute of Ukrainian Trade Representative
The Ukrainian Government is to adopt a decision on the introduction of the institute of the Trade Representative of Ukraine, Government Portal says quoting the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk as reporting at the Gov’t meeting on Wednesday, August 20.
more21.08.2014
Finance Ministry proposes to IMF to combine tranches
The Finance Ministry approached the International Monetary Fund with a proposal to combine the third and fourth tranches of the stand-by loan and to allocate them as one payment.
more19.08.2014
Ukrainian parliament to ratify agreement with EU in near future
The Verkhovna Rada will ratify the Association Agreement with the European Union in the near future, NRCU reports quoting the Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov as speaking while sharing an interview with Baltic news agency BNS.
more14.08.2014
USDA improves forecast for Ukrainian 2014 grain harvest by 2.5%
The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in August improved its forecast for the grain harvest in Ukraine in 2014 by almost 2.5%, to 58.5 million MT.
more14.08.2014
20 Ukrainian sugar plants thermal stations are to be conversed to alternative energy sources
As to Government Portal, as of Aug 13, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food held a meeting on conversion of the domestic sugar plants’ thermal stations to alternative energy sources’ usage; the meeting was chaired by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Igor Shvaika.
more13.08.2014
President calls on government to simplify conditions for doing business
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called on the government to step up reform of regulatory policy and take immediate steps for this purpose, the presidential press service has reported.
more13.08.2014
Russian food ban a reminder that volatility is outside our control
The ban on food exports to Russia, which was announced last week, could not have happened at a better or worse time for the Irish dairy industry. If nothing else, it provides a very clear example of the potential volatility the dairy industry faces to anyone still thinking of expanding of getting into dairying. Volatility has been a key word, bandied about in recent months by all concerned and here it is.
more12.08.2014
Hryvnia falls to historical minimum
The National Bank of Ukraine lowered the official hryvnia rate to 13.1393 UAH/USD. According to InterBusinessConsulting, trading in the U.S. dollar opened with the following quotations 13.0000/13.3000 UAH/USD, by 12:00 a.m., prices grew to 13.2000/13.5000 UAH/USD. By the closure of trading, price levels reached their maximum 13.4500/13.6000 UAH/USD.
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