Hot weather and irregular rains accompanied by hail and thunderstorms in some regions were observed during last ten days of June. In some districts of the southern and central regions, where rains were the most intense, the daily maximum precipitation amount was sometimes higher than two-week norm. The average daily air temperature was 20-28 C…
As of July 7, Tajikistan harvested 386.7 thousand tons of grain, up by 90.9 thousand tons YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture declared. In 2016 the general planted areas of grain in the country totaled 311.2 thousand ha. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
In May palm oil purchases by Russian companies decreased to 55 KMT compared with the previous month (60.6 KMT in April). At the same time imports increased by 12.4 KMT compared to 42.6 KMT in May 2015. During nine months of the season 2015/2016 (September-May), palm imports to Russian Federation reached 708.4 KMT. It’s safe…
In order to reach the announced plans of grain production at 120 million tons in 2020, Russian agrarians have to significantly expand the planted areas under grains, as well as increase the fleet of agricultural machinery and the application volumes of mineral fertilizers, the Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev declared. According to him, by 2020…
As of July 7, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grain and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the areas of 2.2 million ha (1.4 million ha in 2015), and produced 9.6 million tons of grain, with the average yield of 4.33 t/ha (5.3 million tons with the yield of 3.81 t/ha in 2015), the Ministry of…
In May 2016 flour production in Russia increased by 2% YoY, to 770.2 KMT. Since the beginning of the year flour production reached 3.88 MMT, up by 1% YoY. However, bread and pasta production decreased in Russia. During the reporting period both bread and pasta production declined by 2% to 2.75 KMT and 467 KMT,…
On June 27 – July 3, hot weather with precipitation was observed in Moldova. The average weekly air temperature was 3.4-4.6 C above the norm and reached 23.0- 24.8 C. Maximum air temperature increased to + 34 C. The minimum air temperature lowered to +16 C. Precipitation during the week was mainly in the form…