Agrarian news
28.09.2010
Ukraine. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov admits possibility of grain export quotas
He said the government now estimates availability of grain.After that a decision will be made on the volume of graine export. The Premier added that the Government will get information about available amount of grain by the end of the week.
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Russia lifts ban on American poultry
Emerging from a round of Geneva talks Monday on Russian membership of the World Trade Organization, the Russian Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik announced a decision to lift a ban on American poultry products.
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EU releases grain stocks in move to curb feed costs
Up to 3m tonnes of grain are to be released from intervention stocks by the European Commission in an effort to curb rising feed costs to farmers.
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Ukraine sows 47% areas with winter grain crops
Ukraine had sown four million hectares with winter grain crops as of September 27, 2010, which was 47% of the target, the Agriculture Ministry has said.
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Ukraine to open grain exports in the nearest future
Agrarians of Ukraine sowed less than a half of the planned winter sowing areas to date, announced Leonid Kozachenko, the Chairman of the Employers Council under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine .
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Ukraine. Intervention prices for grains up
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy has again raised the minimum and maximum intervention prices for grain in the 2010/2011 marketing year. The relevant order was put on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.
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General Mills commits to 100 percent sustainable palm oil by 2015
General Mills said today it will “strive to source 100 percent of our palm oil from responsible and sustainable sources by 2015.”
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Ukraine. Nothing threatens country's food security - Azarov
Nothing threatens the country's food security, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said during his working visit to Kharkiv, UKRINFORM correspondent reports.
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Ukraine to Increase Food Production
Ukraine, one of the world's major wheat producers, is set to help the United Nations fight hunger in several regions of the world. This was one of the key messages the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych conveyed to the United Nations during his visit to the UN General Assembly.
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Ukraine. Winter crops sown on 40% of planned areas
According to live data of the Agrarian Policy Ministry, winter grain crops are sown on the area of 3.388 million ha that makes up 40% of the forecast (8.6 million ha).
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