Precipitations have been observed in the Southern and Eastern parts of Ukraine since September 20. Abundant rains were seen in Odessa region and in the western regions. According to meteorologists it will be raining this week as well and precipitations will replenish soil moisture stocks in the key winter wheat producing regions. Dry weather conditions…
According to forecasts of Russian experts, in 2016/2017 will be the first time that Russia can have excess in sugar stocks and likely will lead to sharp export increase. According to preliminary forecasts, export may be 100-200 KMT (in 2015/2016 exports stood at 6 KMT). The main rival to Russian sugar will be sugar of…
As of September 26, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 41.955 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 10.603 million ha, or 74% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.96 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. At the same time, on the same date last year production volumes reached 40.9 million…
UkrAgroConsult indicates the following tendencies: – during 3 months of the season Ukraine shipped abroad over 57% of total rapeseed export capacity; – Ukrainian rapeseed stocks will be enough for only 1-2 months of trade; – soybean productivity is significantly higher than last year; – sunflower seed export forecast for 2016/2017 was raised; – sunflower…
The hot dry summer in the Black Sea region is stirring concerns for the next winter wheat crop, as the European Commission warns on Russian prospects after a hot dry summer. While US wheat sowings are expected to fall sharply this year, in response to low prices, sowings in Russia are expected to boom, thanks…
During several recent seasons, the supplies to North Korea provided the major share of the growth of Ukrainian flour exports, but in 2015/2016 MY the geography of foreign markets for the product markets significantly expanded, the Adviser to the Chairman at Agrarian Fund PJSC Sergei Sakirkin declared. In particular, the share of Asia in the…
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…