Eggs from all Sanlind farms have been infected with salmonella, according to the Veterinary and Food Board (VTA). Salmonella had been detected at two of the Valga company’s farms. Now the VTA says output from all Sanlind OU has been infected, including eggs already purchased from stores. The VTA stated the possible contamination concerns Sanlind…
Georgia exported about 60 million bottles of wine to 53 countries in the first nine months of 2018, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency. In January-September Georgia generated about $142 million from the sale of wine abroad. Revenue increased by 22% YoY, while the volume of exports increased by 13%, said the Georgian National Wine…
With the support of Business Armenia and an investment of several million dollars, a new factory will be found in Armenia. Ghalbourjian Group, in particular, aims to start production of vegetable oil and other additives. In the first stage of the project the firm will be investing $500.000 The plant will be built in the…
Kazakhstan has harvested 18.17 million tons on grain as of October 3. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, farmers have harvested 13,453,700 hectares, which constitutes 89.5% of the areas planted to grain crops, with the average yield of 13.5 hundredweights per hectare. As of October 3, 2017 farmers had harvested 15,170,300 hectares or 99% of…
About 155 tons of grapes have been picked in Georgia’s western Racha region as of September 30. This year 1,500 tons of Mujuretuli and Aleksandrouli grape varieties are expected to be harvested in Racha. 29 wine companies are involved in the grape harvesting process in Racha. Meanwhile, the grape harvest is coming to an end…
In January-July Ukrainian producers of canned fish exported 2,702 tons of products to the tune of $4.6 million, up by 31% YoY. “As the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reports, in January-July Ukraine exported 2,702 tons of finished fish and canned fish products to the tune of $4.6 million. In monetary terms, the exports showed…
Lithuanian agriculture minister Giedrius Surplys has called on the European Commission to cover losses incurred by the country’s farmers from drought and swine fever. According to the minister, Lithuanian farmers are estimated to have incurred 0.5 billion euros in losses due to drought over the last summer. (BNN/Business World Magazine)