Agrarian news
20.04.2010
Glanbia's E300m dairy sale sends shares soaring
Shares in Glanbia jumped nearly 7% after the cheese group agreed the sale of its Irish dairy business for at least E300m, and potentially considerably more.
more20.04.2010
Russia faces huge tests to grain export ambitions
Russia's spell of rapid growth in grain exports will come to an end unless it solves its logistical difficulties and finds a way of cutting the cost of growing crops, US officials have said.
more20.04.2010
Ukraine promises to create state operator on grain market
The Ukrainian government is planning soon to create a state operator on the grain market that is expected to help producers sell grain at acceptable prices for them, Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Slauta has said.
more20.04.2010
ING reduced Romania's 2010 economic growth forecast to 0.9%
ING reduced Romania's 2010 economic growth forecast to 0.9%.
more20.04.2010
American corn sowings approach record pace
US growers planted an area nearly twice of size of Belgium with corn last week, making their sowing campaign the second fastest since records began.
more20.04.2010
In the first quarter of 2010, Kazakhstan increased grain exports by 32%
To date, Kazakhstan stocks 6.5 mln tonnes of grains, which will be exported in the nearest future, declared Akhylbek Kurishbaev, the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on April 20.
more20.04.2010
Ukraine: in 2009, level of profitability of agricultural enterprises of the Crimea totaled 4%
In 2009, agricultural enterprises of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine) received profit on sales of agricultural products and services at the sum of 65.8 mln UAH (8.33 mln USD), with the level of profitability of 4%, a decrease of 8.2% compared to the indices of the previous year, declared the Main department of statistics of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
more20.04.2010
GMOs in wheat inevitable, CWB says
Increased testing for genetically modified (GMO) materials in world wheat supplies will inevitably find them, due to contamination from other crops in the grain-handling system, the head of the Canadian Wheat Board said on Monday.
more20.04.2010
Ukrainian Census Reveals More Pigs, Poultry
A census on 1 April has revealed more pigs and poultry but fewer cattle than a year previously.
more19.04.2010
Egypt expects to sign free trade agreement with Mercosur next July
Egypt expects to complete free trade negotiations with the four Mercosur countries -- Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay -- in July, Egypt's trade minister revealed this week in Cairo.
more
