On October 26, the work of the fifteenth anniversary international conference “Fat-and-Oil Industry – 2016” started with the ceremony of opening of a new tank complex at LLC NE Terminal UPSS, located on the territory of the Dnepr-Bug Sea Port, in Mykolaiv. The new tank complex of Terminal UPSS, which became the sponsor of the…
In September Ukraine exported 4.3 KMT of linseed compared to 2.5 KMT in August and 4.6 KMT in September 2015. The third season in a row the decrease in export volumes for the first month of the season has been observed. Along with this, by the end of the season opposite tendency is observed –…
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…