In 2005-2016, the milk production in Ukraine fell by almost 25%, Mykola Kovalsky, the marketing and communications director of the Astarta agro-industrial holding said. “In 2005-2016, the milk production in Ukraine fell by almost 25%, while the cow population in our country decreased by more than 45%,” Mykola Kovalsky said. The State Statistics Service of…
Vegoil output in Belarus shrank to 5.7 KMT in January against 11 KMT in December 2016. It is also down by 32.3% (or by 2.72 KMT) YoY. According to the National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Belarus, a total 119.3 KMT of vegoil was produced in 2016. Vegoil inventories totaled 5.4 KMT as of…
In January-February the grain terminal JSC Ak Biday Terminal, the subsidiary company of National Company Food Contract Corporation JSC, exported 101.4 thousand tons of grains through its grain terminal in the Aktau port, the press-service of Food Contract Corporation reported. According to the announcement, in the same period of 2016 the shipped volumes totaled over…
Ukraine kept a fast pace of barley exports in February. According to preliminary information, about 200 KMT of barley was shipped abroad that month, or 8.4 times as much as in February 2016 (24 KMT). In total, Ukraine exported 4670 KMT of barley in July-February of the current season, or 18% more than in the…
Ukraine has officially reported yet another record grain harvest for 2016, exceeding 66 million tons in the process. Of this, wheat accounted for 26.8 million tons, maize came in at 28 million tons and the barley harvest amounted to 9.9 million tons. Aside, 4.3 million tons of soybean were also harvested. Agriculture-related products are now…
Since the beginning of 2016/2017 MY and as of March 22, Ukraine exported 32.13 million tons of grains, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. In particular, wheat exports totaled 14.29 million tons, barley – 4.73 million tons, and corn – 12.94 million tons. In addition, flour export reached 269.2 thousand tons,…
As of March 22, Ukrainian agrarians planted early spring grains and pulses throughout the areas of 471 thousand ha, or 20% of the forecast, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. In particular, agrarians planted spring wheat throughout 12 thousand ha (6%), peas – 122 thousand ha (44%), spring barley – 321…