Agrarian news
13.08.2010
Russia’s grain harvest down 3% as of August 1
Russia’s grain harvest has amounted to 26.9 million tonnes as of August 1, down 3% from the same period of last year, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a report obtained by PRIME–TASS Friday.
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Ukraine. Prosecutor General's Office checking grain market
The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) of Ukraine has started to check the observance of laws regulating the functioning of the grain market, including grain exports.
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95% of grain threshed in Ukraine
As of 12 August, 2010 Ukraine harvested 28.41 million tons of grain from an area of 11.52 million hectares (95%). The average yield of grain and leguminous crops is 24.7 centners per hectare.
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Canadian Wheat Harvest to Drop 21%, USDA Unit Says
Canada’s wheat production will drop 21 percent in the year ending July 31 because of excess rain in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta, a unit of the U. S. Department of Agriculture said.
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Australia. Kazakh deal on grain genetics
THE Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics in Adelaide is linking up with the Kazakhstan government on wheat and barley genetics.
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US wheat exports 'to jump by 10m tonnes'
US wheat exports will jump nearly 10m tonnes this year as it picks up trade lost by the drought-struck former Soviet Union, Strategie Grains has said, raising its estimate for Europe's shipments too.
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Ukraine and Kazakhstan not to take the place of Russia on the world grain market
Ukraine and Kazakhstan will not take the place of Russia on the world grain market, stated Elena Skrynnik, the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
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UAIndex. Changes of Ukrainian agro holdings quotations on World Stock Exchanges, August 11, 2010
On Wednesday, August 11 the UAIndex kept growing. The decline of stock value of some Ukrainian agri holdings was compensated by decreasing oil futures and the rise of soybean and corn futures.
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Ukraine could avoid grain export quotas - Tihipko
Ukraine could avoid imposing quotas on grain exports, despite a drought that has shrunk this year’s crop, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tihipko said on Wednesday.
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Ukraine might introduce quotas on grain export today
The Ukrainian government will decide on Wednesday whether to introduce grain export quotas for the 2010/11 season, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said.
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