Mustard production in the fat-and-oil sector hit a three-year high of 1.046 KMT in December 2016. It exceeded 1 KMT for the first time. 2016 appeared a make-or-break year for the Ukrainian mustard market: its two-year shrinkage was reversed. Overall mustard production reached 7.696 KMT in 2016, or up by 11% YoY (6.939 KMT) and…
According to the Statistics Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, farms of all types held 13.12 MMT of cereals and pulses as of February 1, up by 12.1% YoY. Wheat inventories increased by 8.4% YoY, to 10.75 MMT, including 8.73 MMT of milling wheat, 596.1 KMT of feed wheat and 1419.1 KMT of wheat for…
On February 11-20, air temperatures were 1-4 degrees C below normal in the south and south-east of Kazakhstan, where winter crops are cultivated. They were 2 degrees ‘ above normal in some areas. Precipitation occurred at above-normal rates everywhere. Frequent thaws that lasted for up to 6 days in the south of the country and…
In the current season, Ukraine demonstrated rather record rates of wheat supplying to foreign markets. During the period of July-January of 2016/2017 MY, the exports of Ukrainian wheat reached 12.7 million tons, up by 16% YoY (11 million tons). At the same time, Ukraine showed a significant increase of grain exports in the Asian direction.…
HarvEast agricultural holding has planted its first walnut garden on 30 ha in Donetsk region in 2016. “What the eye fears, the hands do. We planted our first walnut garden on the area of 30 ha in Donetsk region in autumn 2016,” HarvEast CEO Dmytro Skorniakov wrote on his Facebook page. HarvEast is an agricultural…
The current season of 2016/2017 features a bumper soybean harvest in Ukraine, which is estimated by analysts at 4 MMT. At the same time, the crusher interest in soybeans is declining. The main reason is decreased domestic demand for soybean products, primarily soybean meal as a basis for poultry feed. Statistics show a downward trend…
Kazakhstan supplied 221 KMT of flour to foreign markets in December 2016, down by 5% YoY, but nevertheless it was one of the largest export volumes for this time of season. Kazakh flour exports for the four months of 2016/2017 were up by 23.3% YoY at 941 KMT against 763.3 KMT in September-December 2015. Afghanistan…