A record-high grain and other crops harvest has been gathered in Kazakhstan this year, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Kairat Aituganov said. The gross grain harvest amounted to 23.1 million tons in bunker weight, up 1.4 times YoY. The average yield totaled 15.2 hundredweights per hectare. Of that amount, 5.7 million tons of grain was harvested…
In January-August Russia exported 13.967 million tons of wheat and meslin valued at $2.366 billion, the Federal Customs Service of Russia declared. According to the announcement, the major volumes of wheat were traditionally shipped to far abroad foreign countries – 13.278 million tons ($2.25 billion). In the reporting period, wheat import volumes to Russia totaled…
The Individuals Deposit Guarantee Fund seeks to put 100% of corporate rights and intellectual rights to the trademark of the Yarych confectionary factory (Lviv region) up for sale. The fund said in a press release that loans of the company on the balance sheet of Bank Forum would be auctioned. The bank also has buildings…
Belarusian farmers have finished rapeseed harvesting. Oilseeds and their processed products self-sufficiency remains the topical issue in the country these days. Belarus reduced rapeseed planted area for the fourth consecutive season. Besides, rather bad wintering also had a negative impact on production. Consequently, rapeseed production declines along with increase in meals imports to Belarus, particularly…
Last week “Seedco Ukraine” in Ichnya town (Chernigov region) launched the first line of crushing plant. Project capacity is 80 tons per day and yearly production capacity is 25 KMT. The installed equipment allows crushing not only sunseed, but also other crops. The company has relationships with trading companies of EU and Japan and so…
After some slowdown in 2015, Ukraine’s poultry production is returning to its upward trend, according to the latest report from the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). Production in 2016 is expected to be record-high, and production in 2017 is expected to continue the growth, boosted by low feed grain prices from the…
The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Indonesia in cooperation with the State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection informed about expansion of the list of Ukrainian agricultural products allowed for exports to Indonesia, the Council of Exporters and Investors under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine declared. Previously Ukraine was able…