Belarus’ farm output grew by 2.2% YoY in January-August to 8.4 billion Belarusian rubles ($4.347 billion at the official exchange rate), a source in the National Statistics Committee (Belstat) reported. Sales of fattened cattle and poultry grew by 3.1% YoY in to 1.055 million tons; milk output grew by 0.9% to 4.14 million tons, and…
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine has agreed with grain exporters on the annex to the Memorandum of understanding for 2016/2017 MY. The parties will sign the document in the nearest future. According to the annex to the document (revised on September 22), the forecast export volumes of wheat and meslin mixture…
There is a grey market of flour In Ukraine. If there are nearly 100 kg of flour per year per capita, which is close to the standard, then Ukraine should produce nearly 3.5 million tons of flour products, and taking into account the exports and carry-over stocks, the index should reach nearly 4 million tons.…
Squeezed consumer budgets are encouraging a marked shift in the Russian protein market, as beef consumption falls to record lows, while pork gains ever stronger market share, US officials said. The tightness in beef imports, caused by political spats and the weak rouble, is encouraging this trend. And pork producers are having much more success…
During five recent years, Ukraine reduced the exports of groats by nearly 15% per year in terms of fierce competition between the Russian Federation, Belarus and Kazakhstan, the Director of the Association “Millers of Ukraine”, Head of Business Projects Division of APK-Inform Agency Rodion Rybchinskiy declared. At the same time, he noted that Ukraine significantly…
Second half of September was moderately warm with air temperature close to norm. Cyclone system, which arrived to Ukraine at the beginning of last week, went through all the territory of Ukraine and changed summer regime into autumn. Intensive rains were observed all over the country early in September. In Polesye and Forest Steppe zones…
Early in September intensive rains were observed all over the Ukrainian territory. In the Kherson region abundant rains were seen with lightning in some places. Total daily precipitation quantity in the region amounted to 49 mm. Such weather conditions were favorable for accumulation of soil moisture, so moisture stocks in the plow-soil layer grew by…