Agrarian news
13.05.2012
IGC Cuts World 2012-13 Wheat Output View 0.7% To 676 Mln Tons
The global wheat crop is forecast at 676 MMT - down by 5 MMT from previous forecast and 19 MMT below the previous year’s record, the International Grains Council said on Thursday. The EU crop forecast is reduced sharply due to reports of worse than expected winter damage and recent dry conditions.
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Improved supplies, strong demand seen this year - FAO
Global food prices measured by the FAO Food Price Index fell three points or 1.4 percent from March to April 2012 but seem to have stabilized at a relatively high level of 214 points, FAO said today.
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Kernel buys Stiomi-Holding
Kernel Holding S.A. entered into a call option agreement to purchase a 100% interest in two farming companies, one which manages 79,200 ha of leasehold farmland in the Khmelnitsk region (Stiomi-Holding: grains and oilseeds, flour an bakery producer) and the other which manages 40,000 ha of leasehold farmland in the Poltava region.
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In April Ukraine exports about 2.4 MMT of grain
Grain Ukraine estimates Ukrainian grains export in April at about 2.4 MMT, mostly corn - above 1.5 MMT, 0.6 MMT of wheat and 0.2 MMT of barley.
more23.03.2012
Voting for best national dish of Ukraine starts as part of Taste, Country! competition
The organizers of the Taste, Country! all-Ukrainian competition for the promotion of national cuisine before the Euro 2012 European Football Championship have drawn up the national menu of Ukraine and announced the start of the voting to choose the best dish.
more21.03.2012
Agrarian Fund from March 30 to start forward purchase of 1.29 m t of grain
The Agrarian Fund from March 30, 2012 is to start forward purchases of bread wheat and rye of the 2012 harvest in consignments of from 500 tonnes, reads a media report on Tuesday.
more21.03.2012
Ukraine: harvest of grains and leguminous crops in 2012 to total nearly 40-42 mln tonnes – Hydrometeorological Center
The general harvest of grains and leguminous crops in Ukraine in 2012 will be significantly lower compared to the last year results, declared Anatoliy Prokopenko, Deputy Head of the Hydrometeorological Center of Ukraine, during the round table discussion "Harvest-2012 through the prism of the condition of winter crops sowings and prospects for spring sowing works", which takes place in Dnipropetrovsk on March 16.
more06.03.2012
Finally, Ukraine will determine The National Meal!
Today Ukrainian cuisine with its famous borsch, varenyky, salo and other dishes has a very good chance to become known to whole Europe since the European football cup (Euro 2012) is getting closer.
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Ukraine Says Winter Grains Sprouted on About 85% of Sown Area
Ukraine’s winter grains, mostly winter wheat, sprouted on about 85 percent of planted areas as of Jan. 26, the Agriculture Ministry said.
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Ukrainian GDP Growth Slows to 4.2% on Exports, Central Bank Says
Ukraine’s economic growth slowed to 4.2 percent from a year earlier in the last three months of 2011 as production of export products such as metals and chemicals fell amid dwindling foreign demand, the central bank said.
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