Productive precipitations were absent in the major part of the country. Only in Volyn, Ivano-Frankovsk and Lvov regions their quantity varied from 17% to 64% of the 10-day norm (3-16 mm), in Transcarpathia region – 159% (35 mm). As a consequence of high temperatures and lack of rains, conditions for soil moisture accumulation were close…
As of September 16, Turkmenistan planted winter wheat throughout 316.3 thousand ha, or 42% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of Turkmenistan declared. As a reminder, the country started the mass planting campaign of wheat on August 17. The general planned areas total 760 thousand ha. The forecast of wheat harvest volumes in…
Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Oversight has introduced a temporary ban on imports of vegetables and fruits of high phytosanitary risk from Egypt starting from September 16. The ban will be in effect until Egypt takes efficient measures to ensure phytosanitary safety of products supplied to Russia, the watchdog said. The regulator said…
Since the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, and as of September 14, the volume of grain exports from Russia totaled 7.453 million tons, down by 2.7% YoY (7.659 million tons), the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation declared. According to the announcement, the wheat volumes formed 6.316 million tons from the reporting export volumes, barley…
On September 12-18, the export volumes of grains from the Russian seaports reached 229.4 thousand tons, against 429.8 thousand tons shipped in the previous week. In particular, the wheat shipments totaled 112.9 thousand tons, barley – 77.5 thousand tons, corn – 32.5 thousand tons, and peas – 6.5 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
French company Danone is considering the prospects of purchasing a third dairy plant in Belarus. Belarusian Prime-Minister Andrei Kobyakov made a statement to this effect at a meeting with French Ambassador in Minsk Dominique Gazuy upon completion of her diplomatic mission to Belarus. The premier said: “French companies have been paying attention to Belarus in…
As of September 1, the general production of spring grains and pulses in Russian agricultural organizations reached 88.7 million tons in bunker weight, up by 25.6% YoY, the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation (Rosstat) announced. The agricultural organizations, which concentrated 67.9% of the whole planted areas under grains and pulses (excluding corn),…