In January-May Ukraine shipped 4.6 million tons of wheat to foreign markets valued at $974 million, reported the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. Also, in the reporting period Ukraine supplied 373 thousand tons of barley to foreign markets for $77 million and 81 thousand tons of rye for $1.2 million. According to the State Fiscal…
The harvesting campaign for early grain crops has started in eight regions of Ukraine, the press service of the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine has reported. “As of June 25, farmers in Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad and Poltava regions have started harvesting early grain crops. In total, 1.6 million tons…
The State Inspectorate for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Safety of Kyrgyzstan asks to tighten control over the import of watermelons and melons from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, official letter of the head of the inspectorate Kalys Zhumakanov to the Ministry of Agriculture says. Check in the markets found out that the content of nitrates in imported watermelons…
There is hardly any reason that would put the quality of Georgian wine production under the question mark, the National Wine Agency of Georgia responded to Russia’s recent warning on “strengthening control” over alcoholic drinks imported from Georgia. Coming in the wake of political tensions in Georgia following an appearance of Russian Sate Duma MP…
Ukraine’s State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service says Ukraine and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have approved a veterinary certificate for shipments of milk and dairy products from Ukraine. “The respective authorities of Ukraine and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have approved an international veterinary certificate for exports of milk and dairy products…
The Georgian wine company Shilda was awarded the EU Sustainable Energy Award for the Eastern Partnership countries at an award ceremony in Brussels. Founded in 2014, the Shilda winery is located in Kakheti, the main area of wine growing in Georgia. Taking part in the Caucasus Energy Efficiency Program (Energycredit Georgia), supported by the European…
As of June 19, Ukrainian agrarians have harvested early grains and pulses throughout the areas of 79 thousand ha, and produced 229 thousand tons of the grains. The average yield totaled 2.91 ton/ha, reported the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Six regions only started the harvesting campaign of early grains, namely: Dnipropetrovsk,…