Agrarian news
21.01.2010
19 regions Dec buckwheat prices up 0.4-5.7%, to UAH4,72-5,36 per kg
Dec 2009 buckwheat prices have climbed to UAH4,72–5,36 per kg (up 0.4–5.7% against Nov 2009) on 19 regions markets and simultaneously lowered to UAH4,81–5,04 per kg (down 0.2–0.6% against Nov 2009) on 2 regions markets, reported Ministry of Economics representative.
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23 regions Dec vegetable oil prices up 1-19.2%, to UAH7,95-10,54 per liter
Dec 2009 vegetable oil prices have mounted to UAH7,95–10,54 per liter, up 1–19.2% against Nov 2009 on 23 regions markets and simultaneously dipped to UAH10,64 per liter, down 0.7% as of Nov 2009 on c. Kyiv markets, reported Ministry of Economics representative.
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EU will allow high-quality Australian beef to be imported duty free by Easter.
The move comes only months after Australia announced it would lift a ban on beef from nations previously afflicted with mad cow disease, such as those in the EU.
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Wheat Falls to Two-Month Low on U.S. Export Slide, Dollar Gain
Wheat futures fell for a fourth day and to a two-month low after the weekly quantity of U.S. grain inspected for export fell to the lowest since June and as a stronger dollar made U.S. supplies less attractive.
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Konti grows sales by 30%
Ukrainian confectioner IA Konti has recorded sales growth of 30% for 2009.
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Agriculture shows positive results
The government of Ukraine realized special anti-crisis measures for stabilization of the situation in the agro industrial complex of the country, which allowed to provide the positive rates of growth of the agricultural production in 2009, declared Bogdan Danilishyn, the Minister of Economics of Ukraine.
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EBRD invests USD 1.5bn in projects in Ukraine in 2009.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said that it invested a record USD 1.5bn in projects in Ukraine in 2009. The total volume of operations under the EBRD's projects was EUR 4.8bn in 194 projects as of Dec 31, 2009 .
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Agrarian Fund purchases over 286,000 tons of grain under spot contracts
In 2009 the Agrarian Fund purchased 286.2 thousand tons of the 2009 harvest grain under spot contracts having thus completely fulfilled the task set, the Agriculture Ministry has reported.
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Ukraine: nearly 50% of winter crops sowings to be in good condition
As of January 14, winter grains sowings in Ukraine were in good condition throughout 3.94 mln ha, which totaled 46.1% from the general volumes of winter crops sowing areas. Winter grains areas with satisfactory conditions occupied 3.74 mln ha, or 43.9%, declared the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
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EU wheat hardly damaged by winter
European Union wheat plantings have come through the winter so far without major weather damage, Germany's largest grain trading house Toepfer International said on Tuesday. "There are currently very low temperatures in important wheat production regions," it said in a report. "But no large weather damage is to be expected in the EU."
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