The current 2016/2017 soybean season is completely different from the past one, except for the fact that Ukraine is unlikely to obtain soybean crop higher than 4 MMT again. Each marketing year has its own characteristic features. The 2016/2017 soybean season can be characterized by the following: Planted area reduction due to low production profitability…
Last week milling wheat prices strengthened both on export and domestic markets supported by strong demand. Export prices of Ukrainian milling wheat with 12.5% and 11.5% protein were still equal. They increased by another $3. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)
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,…