In 2016/2017 season export potential of the Black Sea region is estimated to overcome 105 MMT. Black Sea countries steadily take new positions in the global grain production and trade, overtaking traditional top exporters, such as USA and EU. Despite growing global consumption, grain stocks set new records, intensifying competition for the buyers. The era…
CHS Ukraine LLC is to allocate $50 million under a program for support of agricultural producers in 2017, CHS Ukraine CEO Viacheslav Kolosvetov has said. “Some $50 million has been earmarked for a joint project with Syngenta and Galnaftogaz, this amount will be allocated in spring”, he said. Galnaftogaz will supply fuel, while Syngenta will…
Very cold weather as for this time of year, with insignificant precipitation persisted on October 21-31. As of October 28, productive moisture reserves in the plow soil layer (0-20 cm) under winter wheat were within 14 to 35 mm in the East (against multi-year averages of 22-31 mm), 58 to 61 mm in the West,…
Ukraine has reported two new outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) to the OIE following cases of the disease in the Kiev area. Two commercial farms located in Sokolivka and Tetiyiv, both in the Kiev area, were confirmed with having ASF on November 4. Out of the total 7,037 pigs susceptible from both farms, 44…
On October 31 – November 6, Ukraine exported 835.9 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 851.5 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 221 thousand tons, barley – 63.5 thousand tons, and corn – 551.4 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
In terms of constant increasing of the demand for wheat in Kyrgyzstan, the country reduces the planted areas of grains almost every year, the Committee of flour millers under the Entrepreneurs Union of the Kyrgyz Republic declared. In 2015 the planted area under grains decreased by 23 thousand ha, while in the current year –…
Argentina and Russia spent the last two weeks negotiating export and trade terms. In February, exports of soybean meal and flour from Argentina to Russia were suspended due to export condition discrepancies of genetically modified products. On November 1, Jorge Dillon, president of Argentina’s National Health Service and Food Quality Organization (SENASA), along with Sergey…