Ukraine has a high potential for development of its agricultural sector and increasing the general grain harvest by 8-9 million tons, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi declared. To date, Vinnytsa, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkassy and Kiev regions are the leaders in grain yield indices, while the average yield in the country…
Milling wheat price reduction was observed in Russian export market. Last week prices for milling wheat with 12.5% and 11.5% protein decreased by $1-2 to $171-172/MT FOB and $165-167/MT FOB in Novorossiysk port, respectively, for delivery in September. The world market was again the main factor of pressure. High supply of feed wheat and wheat…
In January-August the seaports of Russia increased shipment volumes of grains by 10.6% YoY, to 20.6 million tons, the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation announced. In the reporting period some increase in mineral fertilizers shipment was observed – up by 0.5%, to 10.6 million tons. The general cargo turnover in Russian…
As of September 9, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 38.8 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 10 million ha, or 70% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.9 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. On the same date last year the production volumes reached 37.6 million tons. In particular,…
In June Russia produced 321.7 KMT of sunflower oil against 300 KMT in May and 222 KMT in June 2015. Over the whole season (September-June) sunflower oil production reached the level of 2014/2015 MY and equaled 3426 KMT. Sunflower oil has the share of 80% in the total vegoil production (4264 KMT). In June soybean…
As of September 8, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grains and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the general areas of 36.1 million ha (on the same date in 2015 – 30.8 million ha), or 76.3% of the planned areas (47.3 million ha). The produced volumes reached 98.6 million tons of grains, with the average yield…
In January-August the seaports of Krasnodar Krai (Yeysk, Kavkaz, Novorossiysk, Temryuk, Taman and Tuapse) exported 722 vessels with grain and its by-products, at the volume of 11.807 million tons, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) declared. In the reporting period the seaports of Krasnodar Krai shipped grain cargoes to 54 countries. In…