Ukrainian farmers are completing sunseed harvesting. As of October 31, sunseed was gathered from 5490.5 thousand ha or 93% of the intended area (5916.2 thousand ha), up by 11.8% YoY (4909 thousand ha). Farmers obtained 12023.3 KMT of sunseed with the average yields of 2.19 MT/ha, which is all-time high for Ukraine. In 2015 farmers…
This year ViOil company invested 100 million UAH in the capacity modernization of Vinnitsa oil and fat complex. Daily crushing capacity is now increased to 3 KMT of oilseeds, which will contribute 30% to crushing productivity. In 2013 ViOil industrial group launched its second oil extracting plant at Vinnitsa complex with the project capacity of…
Berdyansk Commercial Sea Port is ready to invest $10 million in construction of a grain terminal, and use the experience of the city Gdansk in Poland, the head of the port Nikolai Ilyin declared. The port is a public company, and it is ready to take investments. The port can provide an opportunity to invest…
To date the Ukrainian market of oilseeds (sunflower seed, soybeans) demonstrates high moisture indicators, which exceed the standard. According to market operators, the moisture content of sunflower seed varies within the range of 11-16%, and soybeans – 12-18%. The basic values for moisture content of sunflower seed total no more than 8%, soybeans – no…
As of November 1, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 54.863 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 12.685 million ha, or 89% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.33 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 54.94…
In the current season the Black Sea region has become the key player on the world wheat market by achieving record high productivity during the 2016 harvesting campaign. No doubt, in the 2016/2017 marketing year the region will confirm the leadership as world largest wheat supplier. But will the key countries of the region sell…
In Ukraine linseed belongs to a niche of agricultural crops, which require further advanced processing and are used in related industries such as pharmaceutical, confectionery, textile and others. Export duty at 23% set in 1999, which triggered acute reduction of linseed acreage, was an obstacle for linseed production recovery in Ukraine. Currently, the linseed export…