Belarus’ food exports are projected to total $2.1 billion in 2016, Alexei Bogdanov, the head of the main division for foreign economic affairs at the Agriculture and Food Ministry of Belarus, said. “According to preliminary data, in January-October the export growth dynamics was not bad. In monetary terms, the export amounted to 99.3% compared to…
Agrarians of Kazakhstan are gradually getting interested in cultivating oilseed crops due to their profitability. Currently, oilseed price is 2-3 times higher than price of wheat depending on the quality. Moreover, interest comes not only from the side of Kazakh farmers, but also from the foreign investors. The example is the North-Kazakh region, where farms…
As of November 8, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 57.23 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 13.017 million ha, or 91% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.4 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 57.7…
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…