Current potato prices in Russia take just a third of those levels registered in the mid-February 2015. For the present, farmers from main producing regions are ready to ship at RUB 6-8/kg ($0.07-0.11/kg), and prices of nonstandard produce do not exceed RUB 5/kg ($0.06/kg). For comparison, last year growers were uninterested in selling high-quality potatoes…
This year sunflower planted area for the 2016/2017 crop has already reached 7069.7 thousand ha, which exceeds the intended 6949.6 thousand ha by 120.1 thousand ha. As UkrAgroConsult estimated earlier, planted area may be expanded to 7200 thousand ha. Despite the fact that this area is below the record large acreage of the 2011/2012 season…
Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Control has reconsidered its decision to ban imports of vegetative products from Macedonia, the watchdog’s deputy head Alexey Alekseyenko said after negotiations with the republic’s representatives in Moscow. “Previously, we were concerned over attempts by criminal groups to use fake certificates of Macedonia’s Quarantine and Plant Protection Service”,…
As of July 4, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grains and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the areas of 1.4 million ha (in 2015 – 0.7 million ha) and produced nearly 6 million tons of grains, with the average yield of 4.27 t/ha (in 2015 – 2.7 million tons with the yield of 3.85 t/ha),…
Orexim Group has designed a method to reveal chicken fat in sunflower oil and is testing it. The company seeks to patent it in the near term. “I have been working on the matter to quickly determine chicken fat in oil for over a year. I have specialists who can make this test in 30…
Mriya agroholding has claimed an attempt of illegal seizure of its motor transport enterprise located in Khorostkiv (Ternopil region) and the former owner is suspected of doing this. “At around nine o’clock in the morning on July 1, 30 men, among whom were several security service employees of the former owners of Mriya agroholding (the…
Moldova has exported 12 thousand tons of grapes to the EU in 2014, 6 times as high as registered in 2013 and the highest export result ever. Moldova’s total exports of grapes amounted to 51 thousand tons in 2014 with 29 thousand tons of exports to Russia, 8 thousand tons to Belarus, and 2 thousand…