Ukraine: silos modernized and moving North-West

Despite difficult economic conditions in the grain market, in recent years Ukrainian farmers have increasingly focused attention on construction or modernization of their own storage facilities. Both rich harvests of previous years and deferred demand for construction of granaries due to unstable political and economic situation in the country contributed to this intense interest. (UkrAgroConsult/Business…

Ukraine: hot weather dries oilseeds

Last week weather conditions were hot with minor local precipitations. Sunflower plants continue to undergo flowering stage and in some regions – the first stage of maturation. Head diameter is 15-19 cm, plants height – 141-217 cm. Late sown varieties are at the beginning of head formation – flowering stage. Sunflower conditions are mostly good…

Ukraine: throughput of seaports down in January-July 2016

In January-July seaports of Ukraine handled 74,060,000 tons of cargo (down by 9.8% YoY), says the press center of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. Transshipment of export cargo totaled 59,190,000 tons (-1.4%), imports – 9,282,000 tons (-10.1%), transit – 6,285,000 tons (-42.38%), inland traffic – 2,303,000 tons (-40.4%). Container throughput in seaports of Ukraine totaled 336,892…