Minister of Agriculture Ignati Arakelyan has proposed producing wine, champagne and gin from honey in Armenia, a statement issued by the ministry said. Arakelyan met with a group of Armenian beekeepers to discuss the problems in the field and their possible solutions. Dwelling upon priority issues, the beekeepers singled out the necessity to diversify bee…
The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan plans that in the current year the country will export 9 million tons of grains, the Vice Minister of Agriculture Gulmira Isayeva declared. According to her, to date the Ministry and JSC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy are working to organize the first shipment of Kazakh grains to Vietnam. In the…
As of December 2, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 63.386 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 13.859 million ha, or 99% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.57 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. At the same time, on the same date last year the production volumes reached 60…
ADM company has completed modernization of an oil-extraction plant located in Chernomorsk (Odessa region), the press-service of the company reported. ADM almost doubled the processing capacities for sunflower seed and launched the line for rapeseed processing. According to the announcement, the upgraded capacities will allow more efficiently operating in Eastern Europe, and meet all foodstuff…
Since the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, Ukraine exported 18.4 million tons of grains, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared, referring to the State Fiscal Service. In particular, wheat exports totaled 10.1 million tons, corn – 4.5 million tons, and barley – nearly 4 million tons. Also, flour export volumes reached 134.2…
Azerbaijan has enough potential to export its agricultural products to the US markets, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the US Department of Commerce Michael Lally said. Azerbaijan has determined its way by setting the task to develop the non-oil sector of the economy, he said. Lally said…
According to the State Statistics Service, sunseed stocks in Ukraine totaled 7992 KMT as of November 1, up by 6.7% YoY (7492.1 KMT). Growers held 4516.8 KMT out of this amount, while storage and crushing facilities accounted for 3475.2 KMT. Crushers increased soybean stocks by 56% to 1201.5 KMT as of November 1. At the…