Agrarian news
16.08.2010
EU grain market tightens as production slides
The EU will add to growing concerns on world grain markets this season if production shrinks by as much as some are forecasting, after extreme weather conditions in recent months swept across the bloc.
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European Union. Only an average grain harvest
FORECAST has found that total cereal production across the European Union this year should be close to the average of the last five years. The forecast by the European Commission shows that while the yield per hectare will be 5% above average, overall cultivated areas have decreased.
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USDA unexpectedly lowers global wheat output 13 Aug 2010
The US Departement of Agriculture's output forecast dropped 2.3% from last month, which was more than expected, to 645.73 million tonnes.
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Ukraine : Ukraine one step closer to receiving EBRD loan
Ukraine is one step closer to receiving a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which will go towards funding a EUR 1.45 billion programme to improve nuclear safety.
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US farmers to lift wheat area while Russia's delay
A jump in wheat plantings in North America, in response to soaring prices, could be "just around the corner", Macquarie analysts warned, even as Russia cautioned that its winter plantings may slump by one-third.
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State Customs Service of Ukraine to launch criminal charges against four grain traders
The State Customs Service of Ukraine launched criminal charges against four grain trading companies: enterprises with foreign investments Serna and Vitalmar Agro, Alfred C. Toepfer International Ltd. (Ukraine) and Agroextra, upon invalid data submittal about exporting grain qualitative parameters.
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Russia: grain export ban to come into force
From August 15 in Russia the grain export ban came into force. According to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on establishment of the export ban for the certain range of grain agricultural goods from the territory of the Russia Federation (dated August 5), the ban will be active till December 31. Wheat, barley, rye, maize, wheat or rye-wheat flour are in the ban list.
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Ukraine: there is no threat for food safety
On August 11, Nikolay Prysiaghniuk, the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, declared that he is sure that as of to date Ukraine does not have any food safety challenges concerning grain provision of the country.
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Ukraine: Hydrometeorological Center to forecast maize production to total 10 mln tonnes
The Hydrometeorological Center of Ukraine forecasts that in 2010, maize production in the country will total 10 mln tonnes, stated Tatiana Adamenko, the Head of Agrometeorologic Department of the Hydrometeorological Center of Ukraine, on August 12.
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Agrarian Union of Ukraine to call back the signatures under the project of Memorandum
The Agrarian Union of Ukraine calls back the signatures under the appeal of the non-governmental organizations to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and under the project of Memorandum, stated the letter of the Agrarian Union of Ukraine to Sergey Melnik, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.
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