As of November 28, winter crops had been sown on 6950 thousand ha, or 94% of the forecast area of 7374 thousand ha. This included 5909 thousand ha of winter wheat and triticale, or 95% of their projected area (5644 thousand ha in 2015), 158 thousand ha of rye (107%, 145 thousand ha in 2015),…
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, as of November 17, 416.7 thousand ha of corn were threshed, which was 98.6% of the plan (423 thousand ha). 2201 KMT were harvested with the average yield of 5.28 MT/ha. Pace of harvesting is 2.5% higher than in 2015. On the reporting date, average corn yield is 3.7%…
It is projected to build a plant for refining and deodorization of vegetable oils. The project will be implemented by Oil Partner on the premises of a complex of nonresidential buildings. The municipal authorities of Vinnytsya have already issued relevant permit to design the reconstruction. Design documentation will shortly be worked out and approved in…
The corporation Agroprodservice put into operation a plant for soybeans processing in Ternopil region, the press-service of the company declared. According to the announcement, the capacities of soybean processing are planned at the level of more than 35 thousand tons per year, the production volumes of high-caloric soybean cake – almost 30 thousand tons, crude…
According to Kazakh statistics committee, stocks of grains and legumes at all the enterprises as of November 1, were 18.84 MMT against 17.75 MMT on the same date in 2015 (+6.1%). Wheat stocks increased by 2.3%, to 15 MMT, which included 12.88 MMT of milling wheat and 978.9 KMT of feed wheat, 1149.2 KMT for…
In the current year the market of domestic consumption of organic products in Ukraine will grow by 17.6% and exceed the level of 20 million EUR, against 17 million EUR last year, the Head of the Organic Federation of Ukraine Eugene Milovanov declared. According to him, Ukraine has more than 210 certified organic small- and…
The Asian Development Bank approved of a $154 million loan to improve horticulture in Uzbekistan. “ADB’s support will help to expand access to long-term financing for farmers engaged in horticulture, and businesses involved in the supply chain in the field of horticulture”, Bui Minh Ghaip, senior economist for natural resources and agriculture at Regional Department…