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Russia has to double soybean production volumes

he Ministry of Agriculture of Russia plans to double soybean production volumes in the country, declared the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Alexander Tkachev on August 31. According to him, increasing of the domestic production of the oilseed would break the dependence on imports of low-quality soybeans, including genetically modified oilseed, as well as allow increasing the export potential.

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Annually flour exports increased by 30-35%

Ukrainian flour exports will grow annually by 30-35%, forecasted the Chairman of the Board of Directors the agricultural holding KSG Agro, Sergiy Kasianov on August 23. According to him, high demand for wheat flour from foreign buyers forms the growth of the export volumes. Milling enterpises of KSG Agro do not have any alternative to find access to export markets, as the domestic consumption of flour continues gradually reducing. In fact, the exports of flour helps the industry to survive, said S.Kasianov.

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Ukraine decreased production of buckwheat groats

According to the State Statistics Service, in 2015 Ukraine produced slightly more than 347 thsd tonnes of groats, a decrease of 1% compared with the indicator of 2014 (350 thsd tonnes). At the same time, some segments demonstrated significant decline of production volumes. Thus, in 2015 the production volumes of buckwheat groats decreased by 25%, and totaled 68.3 thsd tonnes, against 90.9 thsd tonnes in the previous year.

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Ukraine increased wheat qualitative indices

The ratio between milling wheat and feed wheat in the grain production structure for the harvest-2016 in Ukraine is estimated at 55% and 45% respectively, which exceeds the similar indices of 2015, declared the State Enterprise State Research and Information Center for Monitoring International Commodity Markets (Derzhzovnishinform).

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Agricultural commodities production decreased

In January-June of 2016, the production volumes of agricultural commodities in Ukraine decreased by 0.3% compared with the same period in 2015 at the expense of fall of production of animal husbandry commodities, announced the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on July 15.

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Ministry of Agrarian Policy signed the memorandum with exporters

On July 12, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine signed the Memorandum of understanding with market participants - companies-exporters of grains for 2016/17 MY, declared the press-service of the Ministry.

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Formation of IT-innovative ecosystem in agricultural sector of Ukraine

July 8th, 2016 Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation carried out the roundtable within the framework of All-Ukrainian project contest Agro Challenge. The event was devoted to IT innovations in agricultural sector. The representatives of public and international organizations (UAC, UCC, FAO, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council), agricultural holdings (Ukrlandfarming, Astrata Ukraine, Kernel Trade) and IT companies (Intel, Ciklum, UA Technology, Skyline Software, USP),

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Ukraine harvested over 1 mln tonnes of grains

As of June 30, agrarians harvested 1.184 mln tonnes of grains and pulses throughout the areas of 332 thsd ha, or 4% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.57 t/ha. At the same time, on the same date in 2015 agrarians harvested 574 thsd tonnes of grains throughout 188 thsd ha, with the yield of 3.05 t/ha, reported the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

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In January-May, Ukraine decreased flour production

In January-May period of 2016, Ukrainian flour milling enterprises produced 755 thsd tonnes of flour, a decrease of 5.5% compared with the same period in 2015, declared the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. At the same time, the production volumes in May 2016 totaled 131 thsd tonnes, down 20.4% compared with April, and down 13.5% compared with the same month last year.

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Ukraine and the EU deepen agridialogue

22 of June, 2016 the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine jointly with the Directorate-General "Agriculture and Rural Development "(DG AGRI) in Brussels held "EU-Ukraine agricultural business roundtable" within the dialogue Ukraine-EU agricultural issues.

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01.04.2010 11:03

UAC

Sugar market in Ukraine. Situation and forecasts

01.04.2010 11:03

As UAC predicted earlier, the price of sugar in Ukraine stopped growing and even began to decline. From the beginning of the year, the wholesale prices fell to UAH 7000 per ton. This trend was caused by several factors. Lack of funds for the planting season was the main reason of decreade in the price of sugar, as it forced farmers to sell their own stocks of sugar, which they held in anticipation of further price increases. Also, sugar prices on the world trading floors plummeted from a peak of $755/MT in late Janaury to $504/MT on March 31, 2010, which has significantly told on Ukrainian domestic prices.

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22.01.2010 14:07

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International Grain Council: GRAIN MARKET REPORT as of 21-Jan.2010

22.01.2010 14:07

World grain and oilseed export prices mostly posted net declines over the past two months, but rice values rose sharply. Market activity was frequently light during the holiday period and technical trading and movements in currencies influenced prices.