Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) is conducting a pretrial investigation into a criminal case regarding abuse of office by officials of Ukrspyrt causing large loss to the state. The press service of the PGO said that the investigators had established that officials of Ukrspyrt abused office when holding tenders to procure natural gas for the…
A total of 1,742.600 hectares, or 80.2%, of areas under crops have been harvested in Belarus so far, the Agriculture and Food Ministry reported. As of August 18, Belarus’ grain harvest exceeded 6.274 million tons. Brest region harvested more than 1,205.8 million tons, Minsk region – 1,546.000 tons. Gomel region and Grodno region cropped 896,800…
Kazakhstan exported 314.2 KMT of wheat in June, down by 11.3% MoM, but up by 14.6% YoY. Overall, this season’s wheat exports from Kazakhstan are slightly up (+3.8% YoY). The country shipped 3373 KMT of wheat to foreign markets from September 2016 till June 2017 against 3250 KMT at the same time in MY 2015-2016.…
Ukraine since the beginning of the 2017-2018 marketing year (MY, July-June) and as of August 16 has exported 4.265 million tons of grain. According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the country exported about 1.82 million tons of wheat, 1.44 million tons of barley, and 995,000 tons of corn. In addition, 39,200 tons…
OAO Vitebskkhlebprom will send the first shipment of frozen bread to Russia, chief technologist of the enterprise Olga Pavlyuchenko reported. The supply contract has been concluded. The first consignment includes more than 10 names of best bakery products of the Vitebsk bakery. The shipment will be made in August. The Vitebsk bakery arranged a special…
Italian food giant Ferrero SpA has held talks with the government of Azerbaijan, which may lead to the company’s support of the hazelnut cultivation in the country. The issue was mulled by Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Heydar Asadov and Ferrero officials. Azerbaijan is attempting to increase hazelnut production through a package of incentives that include…
IMC agricultural holding has harvested 78,100 tons of winter wheat from 13,700 hectares. According to a holding press release, the yield of this crop was 5.7 ton per ha (in bunker weight), up by 19% YoY, and is the record for all 11 seasons of growing winter wheat by IMC. “Despite difficult weather conditions, both…