China is going to open its market to Belarusian beef, Alexei Bogdanov, Head of the Central Office for Foreign Economic Activities of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry, declared. Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats met with Zhi Shuping, Minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic…
Ukraine’s State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Rights Protection in the past several days received confirmation of an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak recorded in Poltava and Cherkasy regions. According to a posting on the website of the authority, pigs died at public joint-stock company Kaplyntsivske (Poltava region) and private enterprise Shulz (Chekasy region)…
China is a promising market for Belarusian ice cream. Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov made the statement as he was made familiar with the progress of SOOO Morozproduct’s retooling campaign in Pukhovichi district, Minsk region on May 12. According to the Belarusian head of government, Morozproduct is a successfully operating enterprise that has been…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has projected that sunflower harvest in Ukraine in the 2017-2018 agricultural year (September-August) would be 13.5 million tons. Sunflower oil production would reach 5.633 million tons and its exports – 5 million tons. Production of sunflower cake could total 5.371 million tons and its exports – 4.4 million tons.…
As of May 10, Ukrainian agrarians planted spring grains and pulses throughout the areas of 5.936 million ha, or 82% of the forecast, a decrease of 356 thousand ha compared with the same date last year, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. In particular, the planted areas under early crops reached…
According to the Statistics Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, farms of all types held 10.33 MMT of cereals and pulses as of April 1, up by 16.5% YoY (8.86 MMT). Wheat inventories are up by 12.8%, at 8.65 MMT, including 6.75 MMT of milling wheat, 0.47 MMT of feed wheat and 1.43 MMT of…
Agrarians of Ukraine started planting buckwheat. As of May 5, the planted areas reached 18 thousand ha, or 13% of the plan, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. Also, Ukrainian agrarians planted spring grains and pulses throughout the areas of 5.497 million ha, or 76% of the forecast, down by 343…