While sunseed processing and sunoil output in Ukraine show a record fast pace, hitting new highs every month, soybean crushing and soyoil production by oil extractors keep lagging behind last year. Large and medium-sized crushers in Ukraine produced just 14.5 KMT of soyoil in November against 15.7 KMT in November 2015. 34.3 KMT of soyoil…
A special commission to assess and re-demarcate the cultural and national heritage sites of the Cricova winery has been created. The commission is headed by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Vasile Luca. Its members are to re-demarcate the galleries, underground vaults, including tasting rooms, and adjoining areas of the Cricova quarry and take…
Following the results of 2016, 277 Ukrainian agricultural enterprises have been working on the European market, while their number was 238 in 2015, Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Taras Kutovyi has said. “Currently, 277 Ukrainian enterprises have already been licensed to export their products to the European market. By comparison, there were 238 such…
According to the Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in November the production volumes of vegetable oils reached record figures – 34.7 thousand tons. During three months of 2016/2017 MY (September-November), the figure exceeded the production of vegetable oils in the same period last season by 18%, and totaled 99.5 thousand tons. A…
In the current year, the general grain harvest in Kyrgyzstan totaled 1.66 million tons, down by 5.5% YoY, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed. In particular, agricultural enterprises of the country harvested 654 thousand tons of wheat (down by 7%). The harvested volumes reduced due to a significant fall of the grain planted…
Expected prerequisites for a sag in wheat and barley prices were seen in late November and early December. This was contributed to mostly by an increasing number of grain offers from growers who had to settle their liabilities due in the year’s end (loans, taxes etc.). To prevent a price drop and support growers, in…
Kazakhstan supplied 7.9 MMT of grain to foreign markets in 2016 as of December 20, said the nation’s vice ag minister. This is 12% more than last year. The Agriculture Ministry of Kazakhstan forecasts grain exports to total 8.5-9 MMT in the current marketing year (July 2016 – June 2017). This year’s total grain harvest…