According to Rufco Company, in the Azov Sea basin grain freight rates have strengthened. Grain supply for transportation from Russian part of the basin increased gradually. Besides, some recovery of grain shipments from the ports of Volga and Don (in the direction of Iran and Turkey) was observed in the market. As a result, outflow…
The State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumers’ Rights Protection has imposed a ban on imports of cattle and associated products from countries where Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) has been recorded. “We are drawing up rules to prevent the spread of the disease and combat it. This week the first draft document will…
Belarus plans to increase exports of agricultural and food products to $7.5 billion by 2020, according to the program of socio-economic development of Belarus for 2016-2020. In order to achieve the objective, it is envisaged to realize a number of measures aimed at ensuring the competitive advantages in the agricultural industry of the country. The…
Ukrainian grain business pays more and more attention to the latest information technologies and their role in competitiveness improvement on the global market. Information on grain quality, reputation of supplier/country of origin becomes the main factor of competitiveness and securing a foothold in markets. The new approach to market data interpretation will provide the expansion…
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) plans to sign a memorandum on cooperation in the agriculture sector with a Turkish company, CEO Kirill Dmitriev said. “We’re in talks with a company that is willing to jointly invest in Russia’s agricultural sector, and we’re also planning to sign a memorandum”, he said, adding that the two…
As of August 8, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grains and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the areas of 17.7 million ha (15.6 million ha on the same date in 2015), or 37.4% of the planned areas (47.3 million ha). The produced volumes reached 62.5 million tons of grains, with the average yield of 3.54…
Federal State Statistic Service has changed its estimate of oilseeds acreage for the 2016/2017 crop. Correction was made for all oil crops to a greater or lesser degree. In this regard, production estimates were also revised. Some analysts give bold projections and work with close to record productivity, while others are more modest in their…