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…
As of October 18, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 48.73 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 11.741 million ha, or 82% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.15 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported t. At the same time, on the same date last year the production volumes reached…
As of October 17, Ukrainian farmers threshed 4738.1 thousand ha of sunflower or 80% of the planned area (5916.2 thousand ha), down by 0.4% YoY (4755 thousand ha). 10375.3 KMT had been obtained with the average productivity of 2.19 MT/ha. In 2015, 10087 KMT had been obtained with the productivity of 2.12 MT/ha. Soybean had…
On October 10-16, Ukraine exported 506 thousand tons of grains from the seaports against 545.9 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 244.1 thousand tons, barley – 135.4 thousand tons, and corn – 126.5 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
When the Russian wheat aphid first arrived in Australia in May, Australia’s grain industry went into a panic because the insect was potentially devastating for cereal crops. But no one could have predicted the record rainfall that hit parts of South-Eastern Australia, which has virtually wiped out the exotic pest. South Australian Government principal entomologist…
As of October 1, the registered carry-over stocks of grains and pulses in Kazakhstan totaled 14.594 million tons (up by nearly 10 million tons MoM), the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. In particular, peasant and farming households stored 2.899 million tons of grains. Wheat formed the…