In January-September in Ukraine the average selling prices of agricultural enterprises for agricultural products increased by 8.6% YoY, the press-service of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine declared. In particular, in the reporting period the average prices for plant growing commodities grew by 20.6%, and the prices for livestock commodities dropped by 0.5%. In September…
In the season-2015/2016 the processing volumes of soybeans at oil in Ukraine increased to 1.15 million tons, as opposed to 1 million tons in 2014/2015 MY (up by 14%), due to modernization of the existing processing lines, and increasing of the production capacities through launching of a new large factory of LLC Katerynopilsky Elevator at…
At an intergovernmental meeting between the Kyrgyz authorities and the Chinese authorities, the Minister of Economy said that the country could increase the volume of exports of agricultural products to other countries of the EEA (market of 170 million persons) and to China. Export of Kyrgyz products to China increased by 88.3% in 2016 and…
On September 16, the European Commission approved of eleven GM corn varieties created by Syngenta. The permission was granted for corn use as food and fodder for ten years, but did not apply to its cultivation. In July the European Commission allowed imports of three GM soybean lines (two – by Monsanto, and one –…
For the second consecutive season Bulgaria looses ground in corn market. While Ukraine, Russia and Romania increase corn production, Bulgarian farmers might have decided not to enter this competition. Firstly, after last season’s bad experience Bulgarian grain producers reduced corn planted area for the 2016 crop by 9.5% to the level of previous years, partially…
According to Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture, as of October 6, 327 thousand ha of corn were threshed, which was 77% of the plan (423 thousand ha). 1685.8 KMT with the average yield of 5.16 MT/ha were threshed. Pace of harvesting is 23.6% higher than in 2015. As of the reporting date, average corn yield is…
The 2015/2016 marketing year was quite successful for Ukraine in markets of sunflower seed and its processed products. All-time high sunseed production at 11760 KMT was the key to such a success. Favorable agro-meteorological conditions allowed obtaining the best results on close to record planted area, owing to minimal losses and high productivity. High sunflower…