Using Silk Road infrastructure will allow Ukrainian agricultural producers to enter the Chinese market. Advisor to Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Vladyslava Rutytska said this at the 2016 Ukraine Silk Road Forum in Kyiv. “Our companies obtained the right to export dairy products. These products have a very limited shelf life. So, the possibility…
In 2016 Belarus demonstrated the lowest index of rapeseed production during 8 recent years. But since the beginning of the current season, the oilseed import volumes were estimated as quite moderate, due to the higher offer prices of imported rapeseed in comparison with the Belarusian oilseed, as well as price environment of the rapeseed oil…
In 2016/2017 season export potential of the Black Sea region is estimated to overcome 105 MMT. Black Sea countries steadily take new positions in the global grain production and trade, overtaking traditional top exporters, such as USA and EU. Despite growing global consumption, grain stocks set new records, intensifying competition for the buyers. The era…
CHS Ukraine LLC is to allocate $50 million under a program for support of agricultural producers in 2017, CHS Ukraine CEO Viacheslav Kolosvetov has said. “Some $50 million has been earmarked for a joint project with Syngenta and Galnaftogaz, this amount will be allocated in spring”, he said. Galnaftogaz will supply fuel, while Syngenta will…
Very cold weather as for this time of year, with insignificant precipitation persisted on October 21-31. As of October 28, productive moisture reserves in the plow soil layer (0-20 cm) under winter wheat were within 14 to 35 mm in the East (against multi-year averages of 22-31 mm), 58 to 61 mm in the West,…
Ukraine has reported two new outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) to the OIE following cases of the disease in the Kiev area. Two commercial farms located in Sokolivka and Tetiyiv, both in the Kiev area, were confirmed with having ASF on November 4. Out of the total 7,037 pigs susceptible from both farms, 44…
On October 31 – November 6, Ukraine exported 835.9 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 851.5 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 221 thousand tons, barley – 63.5 thousand tons, and corn – 551.4 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)