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…
Shareholders in private joint-stock company AMD Illichivsk (Odessa region) have permitted the company’s board to refinance a credit line with the limit of $30 million (765.98 million UAH). According to a company report, the decision was made at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on October 28. The shareholders authorized the board of ADM Illichivsk…
Six new outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been reported on pig farms and backyard/village units in Ukraine. The outbreaks were reported in the north and south of the country in the areas of Kharkov, Odessa, Nikolayev and Poltava. In total, there were 11 cases. (ThePigSite/Business World Magazine)
Sugar production in Ukraine as of November 1, totaled 1.04 million tons. According to the Ukrtsukor national association of sugar producers, almost 7.1 million tons of sugar beets had been processed as of November 1. “A year ago we had 774,500 tons of sugar. The quality indicators also changed: sugar production effectiveness grew by 0.3%.…
According to regional agricultural departments, as of November 1, Kazakhstan completed the harvesting campaign of grains. Agrarians produced 23.68 million tons of grains. The average yield totaled 1.54 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. As of the reporting date, agricultural enterprises harvested grains throughout 15.353 million ha, or 100% of…
In Ukraine winter crops sowing campaign for the 2017 crop is accompanied by different cataclysms. Severe drought during optimal seeding terms delayed sowing season in September. In early October machinery could not work in fields in the South because of rains. In late October freezing weather became another complication. Thus, Ukrainian farmers had only several…