As of July 1, Ukrainian agrarians produced 1.4 million tons of grains and pulses (in bunker weight), an increase of 63.6% compared with the last year index on the same date, declared the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on July 15. In particular, agrarians harvested the largest grain volumes in Mykolaiv, Odessa and Kherson regions.…
Cooperation in agriculture with Uzbekistan is one of priorities and long-term strategic tasks for Russia, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia Sergei Levin said in Tashkent during the International Fruit and Vegetable Fair on July 12. He stated that Russia pays special attention to expanding supply of fruits and vegetables from Uzbekistan. Russian president Vladimir…
Uzbekistan is planning to increase total volume of cold storages, used for storing fruit and vegetables, up to 1 million tons by the end of 2020, chairperson of the board of Uzbekoziqovqatholding Odilhon Rustamov said. He noted that currently there are more than 1,300 cold storages in Uzbekistan with a total capacity of simultaneous storage…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts that Ukraine will harvest 61.22 million tons of grain in the current agricultural year (July 2016 – June 2017) and this is 2.4% more than the previous forecast. The country will export 33.63 million tons of grain (3% up on the previous forecast). Ukraine’s feed grain harvest will…
In May Ukraine exported 213.8 KMT of soybean compared with 243.6 KMT in April 2016 and 150 KMT in May 2015. Despite the fact that during the last three months exports are higher than last year, total shipments during nine months of the 2015/2016 season (1941.5 KMT) are lower than last marketing year when 2092.3…
In May large and medium sized enterprises of Ukraine produced 326.5 KMT of sunflower oil compared to 348 KMT in April 2016 and 279 KMT in May 2015. Since the beginning of the season 3063.4 KMT of sunflower oil was produced, up by 53.6 KMT YoY. Considering the tendency of Ukrainian sunflower oil production by…
In May Russia exported 123 KMT of barley compared with 297.2 KMT in May 2015. Saudi Arabia and Iran were the main importers of Russian barley in May. Since the beginning of the current season barley exports from Russia have decreased by 18% to 4230.7 KMT. Thus, until the end of the current season barley…