According to the State Statistics Service, in 2015 Ukraine produced slightly more than 347 thousand tons of groats, down by 1% YoY (350 thousand tons). At the same time, some segments demonstrated significant decline of production volumes. In 2015 the production volumes of buckwheat groats decreased by 25%, to 68.3 thousand tons, against 90.9 thousand…
Since the first years of independence, food security has been one of the priorities of socio-economic policy of the country. Measures implemented in the country to provide the population with quality food, as well as the results achieved in the food industry were discussed at a press conference organized by the holding company “Uzbekozikovkatholding”. In…
Second season in a row Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan export record high volume of wheat, leaving behind such top-exporters as USA and EU countries. Despite another record in world wheat production in 2016/2017 (+1,2% to 743.44 MMT according to USDA), meaning tougher competition on key wheat export markets, situation looks promising for the Black Sea…
Last week the weather was favorable for late crops formation due to lower air temperatures and higher amount of precipitations. Sunflower sown in the optimal and early terms is at the stage of maturation – technical ripeness and at later sown plants – flowering stage. Some regions have started harvesting works. Sunflower condition is mainly…
The agricultural holding Nibulon has put into operation a grain transshipment terminal on the river Southern Bug. The investments in construction totaled 450 million UAH, the press-service of the company declared. According to the announcement, the simultaneous storing capacities at the terminal total 76 thousand tons of grains, the daily capacity of dryers – 4…
A poultry farm with an annual capacity of 6,000 tons of chicken meat is being constructed now in Schapovo settlement of Zelenovsky district in West Kazakhstan region. Governor of the region Altai Kulginov checked the course of construction works. He reported that 1.7 billion tenge had been allocated this year for the project under the…
As of August 18, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grains and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the areas of 23.8 million ha (on the same date in 2015 – 21 million ha), or 50.3% of the planned areas (47.3 million ha). The produced volumes reached 76.1 million tons of grains, with the average yield of…