The Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) and the Brazilian Rural Society (Sociedade Rural Brasileira, SRB) have signed a memorandum of cooperation during the VII International Conference ‘Large Farm Management’. “Ukraine and Brazil are very similar countries in terms of a starting point in agriculture development. Prior to becoming a strong agricultural country, Brazil had the same…
In January-August the average selling prices of agricultural enterprises for agricultural products increased by 7.4% YoY, the press-service of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine declared. In particular, in the reporting period the average prices for plant growing commodities grew by 19.4%, and the prices for livestock commodities dropped by 0.9%. Also, in August the…
Another vegoil extracting plant has been opened in Ukraine. In Lvov region on the basis of D-Mix ltd a new plant on oilseed crushing was launched. Planned crushing volume is 50 KMT of oilseeds and the expected turnover is 550 million UAH a year. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)
Ukrainian farmers continue harvesting sunflower. As of September 19, 2362.2 thousand ha or 40% of the intended area had been threshed (5905 thousand ha), down by 8% YoY (2183 thousand ha). 4963.1 KMT of sunseed had been obtained with the average yield of 2.1 MT/ha. Last year on the same date 4374 KMT had been…
The Russian central bank is considering the possibility of launching the so-called regulatory sandboxes for participants of the financial market, when the regulator allows companies or banks to experiment with new technologies without being punished, Deputy Chairwoman Olga Skorobogatova said. “It’s the creation of a regime for banks or participants of the financial market, when…
In August exports of Russian soybean meal equaled 28.9 KMT against 34.6 KMT in the previous month. Total exports in 2015/2016 grew to another record. Russia managed to overcome export lag in May, compared to the previous season, and this tendency remained till the end of the season. In 2015/2016 (September-August) 474.6 KMT of soybean…
Two strategic missile carrying bombers Tupolev-95MS take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s anti-terrorist exercise Peace Mission-2016, currently underway in Kyrgyzstan, an assistant to the commander of Russia’s Central Military District Yaroslav Roshchupkin has said. “The planes took off from the Engels airdrome in the Saratov region, stayed in the air for about nine hours…