Cooler-than-usual weather with precipitation was observed from November 28 through December 4. The average weekly air temperature in Moldova was -1.3 to +0.1 degrees C, or 1-2.5 C below normal. Air temperatures bottomed out at –9 C. Minimum soil temperature at the tillering node (3-cm depth) in winter crops was –1 to +1 C, or…
Ukrainian producers exported 335,250 tons of sugar worth $166.8 million for the 11 months of 2016. “In January-November Ukrainian producers exported 335,250 tons of sugar worth $166.8 million, having tripled the last year results. This significant growth is primarily reasoned by the favorable situation on the world market, as the devaluation of the national currency…
Kazakhstan took the third position in Asia by the areas of organic farming, which exceeded 300 thousand ha, the Deputy Director of strategic planning and analysis department at the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan Timur Nurashev declared. According to him, the general exports of organic products from Kazakhstan totaled nearly $10 million.…
Ukraine produced 10.8 KMT of mayonnaise in October, up b 1.1 KMT (11%) MoM. At the same time, its production contracted by 0.6 KMT (5.3%) YoY (11.4 KMT). In total, the fat-and-oil industry has produced 99.8 KMT of mayonnaise in 2016 against 100.8 KMT at the same time last year (down by less than 1%).…
According to Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture, as of November 24, 419 thousand ha of corn were threshed, 99.1% of the plan (423 thousand ha). 2209.5 KMT were harvested with the average yield of 5.27 MT/ha. Pace of harvesting is 1.8% higher than in 2015. On the reporting date, average corn yield was 3.9% higher than…
Last week Ukrainian market of crude sunflower oil faced the bullish trend, due to a similar price trend on the export market of the product. As of December 8, the bid prices for sunflower oil in Ukraine mainly varied within the range of 21`500-21`800 UAH/ton EXW, up by nearly 200 UAH/ton WoW. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Due to unfavorable weather conditions during the harvesting campaign of oilseeds in Ukraine in the current year, the average moisture content of sunflower seed varied within the range of 12-20%, and in a few cases it even reached 30%. Of course, agrarians faced additional costs for oilseed drying, so many elevators in Ukraine were almost…