The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine canceled the ban on blending of grain crops of different grades (adjustments to the Decree of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy No. 661 dated December 13, 2008), the press-service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine declared. According to the announcement, due to the action of…
The Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry is launching a pilot project, initiated by the International Finance Corporation, to improve the quality of grain in Mykolaiv, Odessa, Kirovohrad and Poltava regions. Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) President Volodymyr Klymenko has stated this at a press conference. “The International Finance Corporation (IFC) works for grain quality. The…
In 2016 Ukraine will keep the trend of increasing of the profitability of soybeans and rapeseed production, the Director of the National Scientific Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics”, Academician of the NAAS Yuri Lupenko declared. According to scientists of the Institute of Agrarian Economics, in the current year the profitability of soybean production will increase…
Latvia’s Dobeles Dzirnavnieks grain processing company plans to increase exports to Scandinavia, the company’s board chairman Kristaps Amsils. “This year and next year we will continue focusing on our new products with higher added value. At present we are already exporting to the Nordic countries – Denmark, Sweden and Finland. Our sales volumes are growing…
Kazakhstan started the new flour season of 2016/2017 with brisk exports. 177 KMT of flour was supplied to foreign markets in September, up by 18.6% YoY (149.2 KMT in September 2015). In addition, the September export volume is the largest for this month since 2010. The top importers of Kazakh flour remain the same neighboring…
According to the Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in October the production volumes of vegetable oils reached the record figures – 33.6 thousand tons. During two months of 2016/2017 MY the figure exceeded the production of vegetable oils in the same period last season by 30%. A significant increase in the production…
On November 14-20, it was cooler than usual and insignificant precipitation was registered. The average weekly air temperature in the country was +1.1-3.7 degrees C, or 1.0-1.5 C below normal. Minimum air temperatures reached 6 degrees C below zero. Almost no precipitation was observed during the week, just at most 1-3 mm (5-35% of normal)…