As of October 17, Ukrainian farmers threshed 4738.1 thousand ha of sunflower or 80% of the planned area (5916.2 thousand ha), down by 0.4% YoY (4755 thousand ha). 10375.3 KMT had been obtained with the average productivity of 2.19 MT/ha. In 2015, 10087 KMT had been obtained with the productivity of 2.12 MT/ha. Soybean had…
On October 10-16, Ukraine exported 506 thousand tons of grains from the seaports against 545.9 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 244.1 thousand tons, barley – 135.4 thousand tons, and corn – 126.5 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
When the Russian wheat aphid first arrived in Australia in May, Australia’s grain industry went into a panic because the insect was potentially devastating for cereal crops. But no one could have predicted the record rainfall that hit parts of South-Eastern Australia, which has virtually wiped out the exotic pest. South Australian Government principal entomologist…
As of October 1, the registered carry-over stocks of grains and pulses in Kazakhstan totaled 14.594 million tons (up by nearly 10 million tons MoM), the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. In particular, peasant and farming households stored 2.899 million tons of grains. Wheat formed the…
On October 10-16, the export volumes of grains from the Russian seaports reached 637.4 thousand tons against 325.9 thousand tons shipped on the previous week. In particular, the wheat shipments totaled 526.8 thousand tons, barley – 3 thousand tons, corn – 101.5 thousand tons, and peas – 6.1 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
During the first nine months of 2016, the export volumes of agricultural products from Ukraine to the European Union countries increased by 15% YoY, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovoy declared. Ukraine managed to take up most of the annual quotas for supplying to the EU in the first quarter…
The National Agency for Investments and Privatization (NAIP) has expanded until October 31, the deadline for bids from local and foreign companies interested in purchasing a 94.096% stake in OAO Minsk Margarine Factory, NAIP said in a release. NAIP views a potential strategic investor for Minsk Margarine Factory as a private company with the average…