Agrarian news
23.06.2014
Strat Grains lifts bars on hopes for EU wheat crop
Strategie Grains raised the bar on ideas for the European Union wheat harvest, reflecting upgraded hopes for countries from the UK to Bulgaria, but reduced expectations for barley, citing dryness in France and Spain.
more18.06.2014
Crop monitors lift hopes for EU, Ukraine harvests
European Union crop monitors raised prospects for the bloc's own crops, citing a "predominantly positive" yield outlook, and for Ukraine too, where a "particularly rainy" May had eased dryness concerns.
more17.06.2014
Yatseniuk: Government has created energy crisis headquarters
The Ukrainian Government has set up an energy crisis headquarters whose mission is to assure the balance of the energy resources, the balance of consumption and spending and the energy efficiency, Government Portal says referring to the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk Tuesday, June 17, Parliament report.
more13.06.2014
Wheat market decline cuts prices at Egypt tender
Egypt, the world's top wheat importer, highlighted the extent of the decline in world prices of the grain by purchasing supplies $40 a tonne cheaper than it did a month ago.
more11.06.2014
Ukraine and Russia repeatedly fail to agree on gas
Ukraine and Russia once again failed to agree on the terms of natural gas supply, and Kyiv continues to insist on determining a fair market price.
more06.06.2014
FAO: Food prices drop for second consecutive month in May
Food importing countries received «good news» in May as international food prices went down slightly for the second consecutive month according to the UN FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), UN Radio reports.
more05.06.2014
Titan Machinery losses soar as ag slowdown bites
Titan Machinery unveiled a 10-fold rise in losses as it swallowed the costs of staff losses besides of weaker margins in farm equipment sales, and a setback to its Ukraine operations too from the country's political crisis.
more05.06.2014
Russian drought mirrors previous wheat failure years, warns analyst
Excessive dryness continues to be a concern for crops in the Volga Valley region of Russia and western parts of Kazakhstan, fuelling concerns that the wheat crop there could fall short of expectations.
more05.06.2014
Ukraine and Estonia ink action plan on enhanced cooperation in agrarian sector
On June 4, in the framework of the XXV² International agroindustrial exhibition AGRO-2014 the Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Ihor Shvaika met with Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Estonia Ivari Padar, Government Portal reports.
more28.05.2014
Fonterra braces farmers for slide in milk prices
Fonterra underlined the retreat in dairy markets by forecasting a 17% drop the price it pays farmers for milk next season, citing a "rebalancing" which has reduced the squeeze on supplies.
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