Last week the weather was warm with lack of precipitations. Heavy rains were observed only in Kharkov, Zhitomir, Kiev and Dniepropetrovsk regions with lightning. Average daily temperature fluctuated within 18.2-29.4 C and was 1-7 C higher than the norm. Maximum air temperature in the warmest days increased in the South to + 38 C and…
Since the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, and as of August 24, the volume of grain exports from Russia totaled 4.48 million tons, down by 0.6% YoY (4.506 million tons), the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation declared, referring to the data of the Federal Customs Service of Russia. According to the announcement, the wheat…
Qualitative characteristics of Ukrainian grains supplied to foreign markets completely meet the international standards, the Head of the State Service on Food Safety and Consumers Protection Volodymyr Lapa said. According to him, the export trading continues developing, and Ukrainian grain products are in demand on the global market. Therefore, Ukrainian grains have the required qualitative…
Logistics problems slow down the growth of Russian soybeans exports to China, namely the absence of transport routes of the oilseed to the country, the President of the Russian Grain Union Arkadiy Zlochevskiy said. Russia supplies soybeans to China, but the export volumes are quite low. The eastern region of Russia has large-scale stocks of…
Kazakhstan is holding negotiations to increase the quotas for the supply of wheat to the People’s Republic of China to 400 thousand tons per year, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture Gulmira Isayeva declared. In accordance with the protocol signed in December 2015, Kazakh businesses received permission to export wheat not in bags, but in bulk…
At the beginning of last week weather conditions were favorable for completion of winter wheat harvesting in the South and South East. Crops condition is mainly good and stage of development is full ripeness. In the reporting period conditions were also favorable for growth and development of spring grain crops and grain filling, though short-term…
On August 22-28, the export volumes of grains from the Russian seaports reached 203.1 thousand tons, against 406.8 thousand tons shipped in the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments totaled 200 thousand tons, and peas – 3.1 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)