This year sunflower planted area for the 2016/2017 crop has already reached 7069.7 thousand ha, which exceeds the intended 6949.6 thousand ha by 120.1 thousand ha. As UkrAgroConsult estimated earlier, planted area may be expanded to 7200 thousand ha. Despite the fact that this area is below the record large acreage of the 2011/2012 season…
Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Control has reconsidered its decision to ban imports of vegetative products from Macedonia, the watchdog’s deputy head Alexey Alekseyenko said after negotiations with the republic’s representatives in Moscow. “Previously, we were concerned over attempts by criminal groups to use fake certificates of Macedonia’s Quarantine and Plant Protection Service”,…
As of July 4, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grains and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the areas of 1.4 million ha (in 2015 – 0.7 million ha) and produced nearly 6 million tons of grains, with the average yield of 4.27 t/ha (in 2015 – 2.7 million tons with the yield of 3.85 t/ha),…
Russia’s Rusal and Hebei Joy Sense Cable Co. (HJSC), a leading Chinese aluminum alloy cable manufacturer, have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture Rusal-Hebei Joy Sense Cable Special Aluminum Products Co. Ltd., Rusal reported. At this stage, the partners will invest $1 million and make further investment decisions on completion of the feasibility…
The total network of operating structural units of Ukrainian banks in the first half of 2016 decreased by 1049 offices, or by 8.8%, in particular because of insolvent banks – by 498 branches, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). According to the report, the reduction of the banks’ network in…
Rapid Trident-2016 military exercises are being held from June 27 to July 8 in the territory of Yavorov training area in Lvov region. They has been held since 2006 as part of the Partnership for Peace military cooperation program. Rapid Trident-2016 exercises are aimed at introducing and sharing best practice of the armies of advanced…
Orexim Group has designed a method to reveal chicken fat in sunflower oil and is testing it. The company seeks to patent it in the near term. “I have been working on the matter to quickly determine chicken fat in oil for over a year. I have specialists who can make this test in 30…