The total value of transactions with farm products settled at OAO Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) in January-October stands at Br382 million ($200 million), up by 31% YoY. The best-selling product on the domestic market was oil seed coarse meals – 170,000 tons worth Br124 million ($64.9 million); supplies of corn and fodder supplements to…
Development of the agricultural sector is the priority direction for Azerbaijan. In the nearest future, it is planned to completely provide the domestic needs in grains, and develop the export potential, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev declared. According to him, the country does not have large-scale land areas. Therefore, Azerbaijan will rationally use every…
Ukraine is ready to increase the shipment volumes of grains, flour, vegetable oils, dairy and meat products, sugar, confectionery products, organic products to Palestine, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi declared during a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture of Palestine Sufian Sultan. Sultan said that Palestine was interested in…
In 2016 Kazakhstan will increase the volume of investments to the agro-industrial complex by 56%, the Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishimbayev declared. The volume of agricultural production increased by 4.9%, including plant-growing products – by 12%, livestock products – by 2.3%. Stable results in the agricultural industry were caused…
On November 7-13, Ukraine exported 463.3 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 835.9 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 101.7 thousand tons, barley – 74.3 thousand tons, and corn – 287.3 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
As of November 11, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 58.441 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 13.176 million ha, or 92% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.44 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 58.8…
Due to predominantly below-normal temperatures, winter crops faced bad weather conditions for their growth and development in October. In most of the country, the accumulated sum of effective degree-days was lower than in October 2015 when winter crops were also exposed to warmth shortages. Winter crops stopped active growth one or two weeks ahead of…