In January-August the grain terminal JSC Ak Biday Terminal, the subsidiary of the National Company Food Contract Corporation JSC, exported 392.6 thousand tons of grains through its grain terminal in the Aktau port, the press-service of Food Contract Corporation declared. According to the announcement, in the same period of 2015 the shipped volumes exceeded 209…
According to official data, as of September 5, grain crops had been threshed from 6137.2 thousand ha, or 40% of the plan. 9206.3 KMT was harvested with the average yield of 1.5 MT/ha. On the same date of 2015, 3565.4 KMT of grain had been harvested from 2982.2 thousand ha with the average yield of…
The private Egyptian grain trading company Medsofts plans to re-export 31 thousand tons of Russian wheat, after the Egyptian quarantine authorities rejected to unload the shipload contracted in July, due to detection of the ergot fungus traces. The wheat shipload arrived to the Egyptian port of Damietta in July, Medsofts was unable to get clearance…
In 2016, the general grain harvest in Ukraine will reach 62.3 million tons, up by 2 million tons YoY, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi declared. But some industrial associations estimate the grain production at a much higher level, he added. Previously the Ministry of Agrarian Policy forecast grain harvest…
Import of sugar in Kyrgyzstan could be greatly reduced, the press service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy reported. At least 183,200 tons of sugar beet have been harvested in Chui region in 2015. In 2016, this figure is to reach 450,000 tons. “The country does not meet the needs of the population. The share…
Russian farmers have threshed 96.879 million tons of grain from 34.9 million hectares as of September 6, compared with 29 million hectares last year as of the corresponding date, the Agriculture Ministry said. Wheat harvest amounted to 66.8 million tons and barley harvest stood at 17.6 million tons. The ministry expects Russia’s grain harvest to…
This year Russia started winter sowing a few days later than in 2015. As of September 2, winter grains had been sown at 3410.9 thousand ha, 19.7% of the plan (17.35 million ha). In Ural federal district winter sowing was carried out at 69.6% – at 47.4 thousand ha, in Privolzhsky – at 50.9% (2414.8…