As of October 17, winter crops had been sown at 5307 thousand ha, or72% of the forecast area – 7374 thousand ha. This included 4804 thousand ha of winter wheat and triticale (77% from the planned 6198 thousand ha), 140 thousand ha of rye (95% of 147 thousand ha), 364 thousand ha of barley (35%…
In January-September in Ukraine the average selling prices of agricultural enterprises for agricultural products increased by 8.6% 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 20.6%, and the prices for livestock commodities dropped by 0.5%. In September…
In the season-2015/2016 the processing volumes of soybeans at oil in Ukraine increased to 1.15 million tons, as opposed to 1 million tons in 2014/2015 MY (up by 14%), due to modernization of the existing processing lines, and increasing of the production capacities through launching of a new large factory of LLC Katerynopilsky Elevator at…
Russian gas giant Gazprom has increased its transit request through Ukraine to 277 million cubic meters daily, Maxim Belyavsky, spokesman for gas pipeline system operator Ukrtransgaz, said in a Facebook post. “A daily order for transit of 277 million cubic meters has arrived from Gazprom today. As far as I remember, this is the highest…
On September 16, the European Commission approved of eleven GM corn varieties created by Syngenta. The permission was granted for corn use as food and fodder for ten years, but did not apply to its cultivation. In July the European Commission allowed imports of three GM soybean lines (two – by Monsanto, and one –…
The European Union intends to allocate EUR 104 million to support Ukraine’s state management reform for 2016-2020, and Ukraine will receive the first tranche totaling EUR 10 million in early 2017. This was stated at a presentation of the renewed structure to support reforms, which was held in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with…
Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk predicts that the nuclear power plants (NPPs) share of total power generation in Ukrainian power grid would grow from current 60% to 65% at the end of October. “We have brought the share of nuclear power generation from 47% in May to 60% today, and in a…