Agrarian news
22.06.2010
IFC Invests in Meat Producer Globino to Help Generate Jobs in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine, June 22, 2010—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will invest in meat producer Globino to help increase production capacity, modernize equipment, and create about 600 jobs in central Ukraine’s Poltava Region.
more21.06.2010
Share of 10 largest agrarian companies in grain production has reached 13.5 %
In total volume of grain produced by agricultural enterprises in 2009 the share of 10 largest companies has reached 13.5 %. It was announced by Ukrainian agribusiness club (UCAB).
more20.06.2010
Ukraine: Crimea harvested 1.5 thsd ha of winter barley
As of June 15, 2010, agrarians of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine) harvested winter barley throughout 1.5 thsd ha and produced 3.7 thsd tonnes of the grain, announced Nikolay Polyushkin, the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
more20.06.2010
Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine forecasts the present year harvest at the level of 2009 results
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine forecasts the present year grain production reaching the previous year harvest results, declared Eugene Lavrov, the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, on June 16.
more20.06.2010
Ukraine: Crimea increased spring crops sowing areas by 5.3%
As of June 1, 2010, agricultural enterprises of all categories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea sowed spring crops (taking into account resowing of perished winter crops) throughout the areas of 249 thsd ha, an increase of 5.3% (12.5 thsd ha) compared to the same date of the previous year, declared the Main department of statistics of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea.
more20.06.2010
Holding back the sand
FAO marks World Day to Combat Desertification today with the publication of a manual that shows how a project in Mauritania successfully fixed dunes and stopped sand encroachment. It will serve as a useful blueprint for similar projects in Africa. Sand encroachment is what happens when grains of sand are carried by winds and collect in dunes on the coast, along watercourses and on cultivated or uncultivated land.
more20.06.2010
Ukraine: Ministry of Agrarian Policy offers to reform the Agrarian Fund and Ukragroleasing
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy offers to reform the Agrarian Fund and the National Joint Stocks Company “Ukrainian Agrarian Leasing” (Ukragroleasing) into the Agrarian Financial Fund (Agrofinfund) and the Agrarian Financial Leasing (Agrofinleasing), respectively, and give them the functions of the crediting instrument of agrarian companies.
more03.06.2010
Grain production to total 46-47 mln tonnes in 2010
In 2010, the general production of grains in Ukraine will approximately total nearly 46-47 mln tonnes, declared Nikolay Prysiaghniuk, the Minister of Agrarian Policy.
more21.05.2010
John Deere Harvester Works Builds 500,000th Self-Propelled Combine East Moline, IL facility achieves nearly 100 years of manufacturing excellence while helping farmers feed the world.
EAST MOLINE, Illinois (May 19, 2010) — John Deere Harvester Works recently rolled the half millionth self-propelled combine, a 9870 model, off the assembly line at the East Moline, IL manufacturing facility.
more20.05.2010
In the current season, Ukraine exported 21.7 mln tonnes of grains.
According to the forecast of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, in 2010, Ukraine will harvest nearly 48 mln tonnes of grains as opposed to 46 mln tonnes in 2009, declared Sergey Melnik, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, during the international conference "Grain Forum & Grain Industry – 2010".
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