According to the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture, as of November 3, 401.7 thousand ha of corn were threshed, or 95% of the plan (423 thousand ha). 2118.5 KMT were harvested with the average yield of 5.27 MT/ha. Pace of harvesting is 8.9% higher than in 2015. On the reporting date, average corn yield was up…
Ukraine’s State Service for Food Safety and Consumers’ Rights Protection has imposed a ban on imports of birds, poultry and by-products from Bulgaria and Hungary. According to a posting on its website, referring to information from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), cases of Newcastle disease in Bulgaria and bird flu cases in Hungary…
Market participants are closely watching winter crop condition is Ukraine. Late planting, a substantial temperature drop in November preceded by drought have added to the risk of crop loss while wintering. The first forecasts have appeared, suggesting that over 15% of winter crops will be reseeded in spring. This is a rather pessimistic scenario, as…
Development of the exports of niche products, grains and oilseeds by-products from Ukraine is a priority for the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine for European Integration Olga Trofimtseva declared. According to her, small- and medium-scale farmers are the main players on the reporting market…
The total value of transactions with farm products settled at OAO Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) in January-October stands at Br382 million ($200 million), up by 31% YoY. The best-selling product on the domestic market was oil seed coarse meals – 170,000 tons worth Br124 million ($64.9 million); supplies of corn and fodder supplements to…
Development of the agricultural sector is the priority direction for Azerbaijan. In the nearest future, it is planned to completely provide the domestic needs in grains, and develop the export potential, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev declared. According to him, the country does not have large-scale land areas. Therefore, Azerbaijan will rationally use every…
Ukraine is ready to increase the shipment volumes of grains, flour, vegetable oils, dairy and meat products, sugar, confectionery products, organic products to Palestine, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi declared during a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture of Palestine Sufian Sultan. Sultan said that Palestine was interested in…
In 2016 Kazakhstan will increase the volume of investments to the agro-industrial complex by 56%, the Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishimbayev declared. The volume of agricultural production increased by 4.9%, including plant-growing products – by 12%, livestock products – by 2.3%. Stable results in the agricultural industry were caused…
On November 7-13, Ukraine exported 463.3 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 835.9 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 101.7 thousand tons, barley – 74.3 thousand tons, and corn – 287.3 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
As of November 11, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 58.441 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 13.176 million ha, or 92% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.44 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. At the same time, on the same date last year the production volumes reached 58.8…