Experts say the harvest of buckwheat in Ukraine in 2020 may grow by 13.3% YoY, to 96,400 tons, while that of peas may rise by 20%, to 687,400 tons. As for the grain group, yields of rye and spring wheat are also expected to increase, to 355,400 tons (by 6.7%) and to 696,800 tons (5.3%),…
Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili has stated that products exported from Marneuli and Bolnisi quarantine zones in the country’s east are “absolutely safe and harmless” in terms of spread of the new coronavirus – COVID-19. “Products have to be brought from Marneuli and Bolnisi Municipalities and delivered to the Georgian markets, because they are absolutely safe…
Kazakhstan has introduced restrictions on export of agricultural goods for the period of emergency state regime in the country, the Ministry of Healthcare has reported. The list of products prohibited to export includes buckwheat, sugar, potatoes, carrots, onions and white cabbage. The corresponding decree of Kazakhstan’s Agriculture Ministry said that the prohibition on the export…
The Ministry of Agriculture destroyed 62 tons of cucumbers from Iran infected with a spreader of viral disease. “State inspectors of Shymkent city territorial inspectorate under the Ministry of Agriculture detected a carrier of viral diseases of plants – Western flower thrips – in a large batch of cucumbers delivered from Iran. The import of…
Ukraine will export about 25 thousand tons of mustard seeds in 2019-2020 MY, up by 25% YoY, and that will be the maximum volume over 3 years. Ukraine shipped 15.3 thousand tons of the oilseed or 61% of the forecast during the 7 months of the season (August-February). “Thus, Ukraine could export 10 thousand tons…
According to State customs administration, Ukraine exported 1.605 million tons of wheat at the sum of $316.108 million in January-February. During the reporting period, barley shipments reached 292.568 thousand tons at the sum of $51.282 million. Moreover, Ukraine exported 7.999 million tons of corn at the amount of $1,321 billion. Wheat flour export totaled 65.689…
Meat production increased in Kazakhstan, Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov declared at a Government hour in Majilis. “Production of meat in slaughter weight in 2019 increased by 5.8% and amounted to 1.1 million tons,” said Saparkhan Omarov. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, over the past 5 years the number of cattle in the country…