The weather conditions are fair at the onset of winter crops’ dormancy. Most fields in the country are covered with 5-2 cm of snow. The soil is not frozen deeply yet, mostly to 1-8 cm; this depth reaches 10-13 cm just in some areas of Belarus. Soil temperatures at the tillering node of winter cereals…
According to official information, Ukraine exported 525 KMT of barley in October, up by 16.4% YoY (451.1 KMT). In total, Ukraine has increased its barley exports by 3.7% this season, to 3487.5 KMT. Saudi Arabia is still the main destination market for Ukrainian barley, though with lower shipments now. Ukrainian exporters shipped 1.43 MMT of…
It is planned to build another 26 agroparks in Azerbaijan, the country’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. He said that the agroparks would be built in 19 districts of Azerbaijan. A variety of processing and manufacturing enterprises are planned to be built in these agroparks. Currently, the work is underway in Azerbaijan to create ‘Yalama’…
In January-September the share of agro-industrial complex in the general growth of capital investments in Ukraine reached 51.3%, including the agricultural component at 39.6%, and the food industry at 11.7%, the Head of investment department at the National Scientific Center Institute of Agrarian Economics Nikolai Kisil declared. According to him, in January-September the general volume…
In January-October the sea terminal Nika-Tera (Sea Special Port Nika-Tera LLC, Mykolaiv, part of Group DF) shipped 1.676 million tons of grain cargoes, which formed 55.64% of the general cargo turnover (3.012 million tons), the press-service of the company declared. Also, the terminal shipped 267 thousand tons of mineral fertilizers (8.86%) and 1.068 thousand tons…
The minimum wholesale and retail prices on alcoholic beverages (except for beer) in Uzbekistan will be raised starting from January 1, 2017, according to a joint decision of the country’s Ministry of Finance and the State Tax Committee. The minimum wholesale wine price for producers will be increased from 4,500 to 5,400 Uzbek soums (UZS)…
Bulgaria’s fall planting has come to its final stage. The country experienced contradictory weather conditions in the course of this work. On one hand, abundant October precipitation replenished soil moisture and produced a beneficial effect on growth of already sown winter crops. On the other hand, this precipitation stopped planting in most of the country’s…