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…
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…
According to market operators, since the beginning of September Ukrainian exporters shipped 150 KMT of wheat to India. It should be noted, that over July-August Ukraine exported about 240 KMT of wheat in this destination. India started purchasing Ukrainian wheat in June, buying about 52 KMT. Last time India bought Ukrainian wheat was 10 years…
In January-August the production volumes of agricultural commodities in Ukraine increased by 1% YoY at the expense of rising production volumes of plant growing commodities, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine announced. In particular, the production of plant growing products grew by 1.7%, while livestock products output was down by 2.4%. According to the statistics…
Since the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, Ukraine exported 8.51 million tons of grains, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. In particular, wheat exports totaled 5.1 million tons, corn – 583 thousand tons, and barley – 2.78 million tons. Also, flour exports reached 64.4 thousand tons. According to the announcement, nearly 435…
Kazakhstan has exported 992,700 tons of grain and flour in grain equivalent in the current marketing year (2016-2017), the Ministry of Agriculture informs on its website. A marketing year starts on July 1 and lasts till June 30 of the next year. Thus, since July 1, Kazakhstan has shipped 544,100 tons of grain and 341,000…
As of September 1, the registered carry-over stocks of grains and pulses in Kazakhstan totaled 4.83 million tons (up by 1.8 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 529.8 thousand tons of grains. Wheat formed the major…