In 2015/2016 MY, the Nibulon company shipped 4.66 million tons of grains to foreign markets, up by 14% YoY, the press-service of the company declared. In 2015/2016 MY, corn traditionally became the major export crop of Nibulon (over 1.8 million tons). Wheat export totaled over 1.9 million tons, and barley – nearly 560 thousand tons.…
A team of scientists from the Zhytomyr National Agroecological University has won the competition of the projects within the Erasmus+ program, which is funded by the European Union. The Ukrainian scientists will implement the educational module “Agricultural Policy of the European Union” during the three academic years. The cost of the project is 798,456 UAH…
According to the regional agricultural departments, as of August 18, Kazakh agrarians harvested grains throughout 941.6 thousand ha, or 6.2% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. As of the reporting date, agrarians produced 1.96 million tons of grains, up by 462 thousand tons YoY. The average yield…
According to the official statistics figures, in July Russia exported 109.2 thousand tons of peas, up by 63% YoY. Turkey traditionally became the largest buyer of the Russian crop, and purchased 67.1 thousand tons of peas, against 51.8 thousand tons in July 2015. However, its share in the import structure in the reporting month dropped…
In 2016/2017 MY, Russia will supply nearly 40 million tons of grains on foreign markets, the head of the department of agribusiness market regulation at the Ministry of Agriculture Vladimir Volik reported. In particular, the forecast of wheat exports from Russia in 2016/2017 MY totals 26-30 million tons, against 24.6 million tons last season. At…
Summarizing the results of soil moisture content analysis held in mid-August, soil moisture stocks are good at major part of cornfields. Due to rains in the first ten days of August, waterlogging remains a problem in some areas of Vitebsk and in the west of Minsk region where precipitation was often seen. At the same…
OAO Slootsk sugar refinery’s shareholders adopted a resolution on Aug 12, to increase the state-owned stake from 25.4% to 51%. The state-owned stake will be increased by means of issuing additional shares, which will be surrendered to the state. The sugar refinery’s statutory capital is made up of 336,059 shares with a face value of…