Agrarian news
19.04.2010
Belarus sowed early spring grains throughout over 50% of sowing areas
As of April 17, 2010, agricultural enterprises of the Republic of Belarus sowed spring crops throughout 615.2 thsd ha, or 25.7% of the planned areas, declared the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Belarus.
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Danone affirms outlook as sales rise
Yogurt maker Danone posted an 8.3% rise in first-quarter sales to ˆ3.98bn thanks to strong demand for its dairy and baby-food products.
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Russia to harvest 97 mln tonnes of grain again this year
Russia's grain harvest this year will weigh in at around 97 mln tonnes, Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said at a session of the Federation Council's agrarian and food policy and fishing-industry committee in Moscow on Tuesday.
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All wheat acreage down in US, but spring wheat up
The highly anticipated March 31 Planting Intentions Report shows that all wheat acreage in the United States is expected to drop by 9 percent, but not spring wheat. «The USDA has all wheat acreage down 9 percent to 53.8 million acres,» noted Erica Olson, marketing specialist for the North Dakota Wheat Commission. «Looking specifically at spring wheat, including hard red and white wheat, the acreage is estimated at 13.9 million acres, which is actually up five percent on the year.»
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Georgia to lose own wheat production
According to Tamaz Kunchulia, the academician of agricultural sciences, in the nearest future, Georgia will lost own wheat production facilities. To date, the share of domestic wheat volumes in the general carry-over stocks of the grain totals 8% only, and the share continues decreasing.
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As of April 1, Ukraine lowered sowing areas of spring crops by 2.7%
As of April 1, 2010, agricultural enterprises of all varieties in Ukraine sowed spring agricultural crops throughout the areas of 1.04 mln ha, a decrease of 2.7% (29 thsd ha) compared to the indices of the beginning of April in 2009, declared the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.
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Ukraine increased output of agricultural products by 5.3%
During January-March of 2010, the general output of agricultural products in Ukraine increased by 5.3% compared to the same period of 2009, at the same time, agricultural enterprises increased the output by 12.6%, economies of Ukrainian population decreased by 0.7%, declared the State Statistics Committee on April 15.
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Ukraine. Meat production grows by 8% in Q1, 2010
Meat production in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2010 totaled 710,400 tons in the live weight, which was 8% more than in the same period of 2009, the State Statistics Committee has reported.
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On April 15, the intervention fund of Russia purchased 22.95 thsd tonnes of grains
On April 15, 2010, the National commodity exchange (Russia) provided the regular exchange auction within the bounds of the public purchasing interventions on the market of grains. The government purchased 22.95 thsd tonnes of grains at the general sum of 76.73 mln RUR, declared the media department of CJSC National commodity exchange.
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Noble opens grain and oilseed complex in Argentina
Noble Group (SGX: N21), a leader in managing the global supply chain of agricultural, energy, metals and other natural resources, is pleased to announce the start up of its new Oilseed Processing Complex, signifying its continued investment and expansion in Argentina.
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