Agroliga Group is completing the construction of an oil extraction plant in the town settlement of Nova Vodolaga (Kharkiv region). The launch of the plant is scheduled for Q1. The claimed range of oilseed crushing volumes varies within 100-180 KMT with no additional investment in equipment. If minor investment is attracted, this capacity could be…
Wheat crops take up more than 700,000 hectares of agricultural areas in Turkmenistan. Vegetation watering was carried out. Additional mineral fertilizing of soil will be done closer to spring. Seeds of high-yield wheat were being used during the sowing. Measures to protect winter crops against pests and diseases are being taken. About 1 million tons…
Ukraine imports 80% of the consumed fish, according to First Deputy Agrarian Policy Minister Maksym Martyniuk. He stated that Ukraine had huge potential for import substitution. “We need to develop the production of aquaculture: once the fish is produced in Ukraine and sold for the Ukrainian hryvnia, then poachers, who now receive fish for free…
Slutsk Yeast Plant plans to reach the full capacity in 2019, Chairman of Belgospishcheprom Concern Alexander Zabello reported to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. “We launched the plant on June 29, 2017. It started operating in August 2017. Yes, the level of utilization is not high at the first stage: about 23% of the designed capacity.…
The National Economy Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan has published data on the country’s total crop and adjusted plantings for the 2017 harvest. In addition, the release includes somewhat surprising figures for grain yields. The Statistics Committee of the Ministry expanded the barley acreage in Kazakhstan to a much greater degree than expected, while…
In 2017 Azerbaijan exported wine products worth $6 million, economy minister Shahin Mustafayev said at a press conference on February 13. Furthermore, Azerbaijani wines worth $1 million were delivered to China, he said. (Trend/Business World Magazine)
Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Ministry reduces the minimum recommended export prices for some types of dairy products from February 14, according to the website of the ministry. The minimum recommended export prices for partly skimmed milk powder and whole milk, dry milk products with fat content higher than 1.5% are decreased by 5 Russian rubles.…