Since the start of the grain sowing and till October 20, the amount of the accumulated effective warmth was 20-40% lower than last year. Due to this winter crops were developing rather slowly and now development pace lags behind last year. Despite low amount of rains in the second half of October, soil moisture stocks…
Turkey has received the first dragon fruit harvest (pitaya), after a year of preparation. This fruit of Vietnamese origin has adapted well to the climatic conditions of this region, mainly planted with citrus, but also strawberries and bananas. Producers are looking for high value alternatives and after testing with the cape gooseberry, they got good…
According to the regional agricultural departments, as of October 27, agrarians harvested grains throughout 15.34 million ha, or 99.9% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. As of the reporting date, agrarians produced 23.63 million tons of grains, up nearly by 3.9 million tons YoY. The average yield…
Last week growing of milling wheat prices was noted on the export market of Kazakhstan. Factors of price support: – increased demand from major importers; – strengthening of national currency; – increase in milling wheat prices in the Black Sea region. Thus, over the week 12.5% wheat export prices increased by $8-10 to $172-178/MT FOB…
As of October 24, winter crops had been sown at 5952 thousand ha, or 81% of the forecasted area – 7374 thousand ha. This included 5260 thousand ha of winter wheat and triticale (85% from the planned 6198 thousand ha), 148 thousand ha of rye (100% of 147 thousand ha), 544 thousand ha of barley…
As of October 25, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 52.265 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 12.281 million ha, or 86% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.26 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 52.58…
Agriculture contributes 12% to Ukraine’s GDP and every fifth Ukrainian is working in this area. This has been reported by NGO AgroReformsUA, which aims to implement effective reforms in the agrarian sector of Ukraine. “In 2015, the share of agricultural products in the foreign trade of Ukraine reached 38%. This means that the sale of…