Ukrainian farmers continue to harvest sunflower. As of September 7, 599 thousand ha or 10% of the intended area (5905 thousand ha) was threshed, up by 27% YoY (472 thousand ha). 1170 KMT of sunflower was obtained with the average yield of 1.95 MT/ha. In 2015 over the same period 913 KMT of sunflower was…
Kazakhstan specified three prospective markets for agricultural products supplying: the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and Iran, the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan Atameken Tulemis Shotanov declared. In particular, JSC NC Food Contract Corporation supplies more than 60% of its general export volumes of grains…
According to Kazakh Agrarian Ministry, over the last season Kazakh wheat exports to China were four times as high as in 2014/2015. In 2014/2015 MY 110 KMT was exported and in 2015/2016 the volumes reached 414 KMT. This became possible due to the possibility to transport grain in sacks as well as bulk according to…
Analysts of APK-Inform Agency have increased the forecast of corn exports from Ukraine in 2016/2017 MY to 17.7 million tons, up by 6% YoY. Barley supplies to foreign markets will grow to 5 million tons (up by 13.3%). (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Kazakhstan plans to export 8.5 million tons of grains in 2016/2017 MY, including flour in grain equivalent, the Deputy Chairman of Board of the National Company Food Contract Corporation JSC Sabit B. Kashkimbayev declared. In terms of the forecast grain harvest in the country, the export volumes will reach 8.5 million tons of grains, including…
Ukraine did not receive any notification from Egypt on the refusal of the Ukrainian wheat imports, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. According to the announcement, the ministry discussed the issue with the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection. But they haven’t received any formal notification from…
As of September 5, all regions of Belarus started sowing winter grains. According to Belarusian AgMin, 93.3 thousand ha or 6.93% of the plan have been seeded. Sowing progress is considerably faster than last year. As of the same date in 2015 60.6 thousand ha had been sown (4.9%) This year farmers plan to increase…