Agrarian news
07.04.2010
Rain nurtures hopes for Australian wheat
Good rains have put Australia on course for a rise in wheat production, even though farmers look unlikely to raise plantings much √ if at all. Rabobank analysts hiked their forecast for the 2010–11 wheat crop in the southern hemisphere’s largest exporter of the grain by 1.8m tonnes to 21.8m tonnes, putting it in line with last year’s harvest.
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Ukraine. Sunflower seed exports increased greatly in March
Sunflower seed exports increased greatly in March up to 43.3 KMT in comparison with 4.2 KMT in February. But the exports fell by 68% in comparison with March 2009 (135 KMT of sunflower).
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Ukraine. 3.1% of winter crops die
As of April 1 this year, winter crops perished on 0.266 million hectares of the 8.56 million hectares sown (3.1% of the acreage), the agricultural policy ministry said quoting regional reports.
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Ukraine first on soybean acreages in Europe
Ukraine has beaten a kind of agrarian record as the country ranked first in Europe in terms of the area under soybean. This year the area under this crop can grow to 1 million hectares.
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Ukraine. Barley exports increased by 36% in March
Barley exports approximated 493.5 KMT in March 2010 in comparison with 363 KMT in February 2010.
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Ukraine. Wheat exports increased by 73% in March
In March 2010 wheat exports reached 561.9 KMT in comparison with 324.9 KMT in February.
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Ukraine. In March sunflower oil exports decreased by 8% down
In March sunflower oil exports decreased by 8% down to 198.9 KMT (216.4 KMT in February). This is also by 2% less than in March 2009 when Ukraine shipped 202.9 MT of sunflower oil.
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Food prices not a long-term worry
High prices of pulses, food grains, sugar and vegetables have become a politically sensitive issue over the past several months. A good winter harvest and a drop in international prices may provide some relief in the next few months. However, the big worry in several quarters is whether foods will also stabilize at a higher level as other commodities such as oil, metals, gold etc.
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Ukrainian, Russian deputy premiers to discuss cooperation in agriculture
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Slauta and First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov on Apr. 6 will hold talks in Moscow to discuss the whole range of issues of cooperation between the two countries in agriculture, said a source in the Russian government.
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Sunmeal exports from Ukraine set a record
In March Ukraine shipped the record volume of sunmeal – 268 KMT
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