The enactment of long-awaited laws to permit the selling of agricultural land was touted as key to President Viktor Yanukovych's agenda. But, after more than two years in power, the effort has stalled.

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Today, October 6 2011, Leonid Kozachenko, President of Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, had a working meeting with Gary Vinokur, Director General of Merrill Lynch investment bank.

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Q&A with Cargill chief executive Greg Page on the gifts that nature gave to Ukraine.

Ukraine and Russia could substantially boost crop and food output if they lift export restrictions and open up more to investment, the head of U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill said during a Kyiv Post interview.

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Morgan Williams writes: Ukraine's huge potential is being unmet.

Ukraine historically has been called “the breadbasket of Europe.” Even this underestimates Ukraine’s potential. The nation today can be a huge “market basket” of high-value products, not a “breadbasket” of low-value products.

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Land reform has started up in Ukraine. In the course it provides the creation of special public institution for land management, the ban on land sales to foreigners and legal entities, limitation of the areas one buyer can get. How much will the land cost? What a farmer needs to know to avoid a bad bargain, and when will the sale of land start? Guests of “IZVESTIA” in Ukraine” Press Club were searching for the answers to these questions.

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 A letter from E.Morgan Williams, President of U.S-Ukraine Business Council addressed to The US Senate on behalf of the USUBC Agribusiness committee.

 

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The Draft Law No. 8053 (hereinafter – the Draft Law) sets forth that commodities subject to state price regulation (wheat, corn, barley, etc.; sunflower and rape seeds; wheat and rye flour; granulated sugar, cattle and poultry meat; dry milk; butter; sunflower seeds oil) shall be exported only by the agricultural producers of the listed commodities in the volume of their own production and state agent that provides of export of subjects of state price regulation.

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Ships with grain leave ports of Ukraine tomorrow. Quoting Nicolai Prisiazhniuk, Minister for agrarian policy of Ukraine, the decision was adopted today during the meeting with N.Azarov, Prime Minister of Ukraine.

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Amid all the doom and gloom, one sector in the country’s economy has a bright future and promises high yields. Despite a deep recession that sent gross domestic product plunging 15 per cent last year, some budding domestic agribusinesses reported double-digit growth.

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The United Nation's incoming chief on climate change cautioned Wednesday it could take until 2050 to build the machinery that will ultimately tame greenhouse gases.

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01.04.2010 11:03

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.

22.01.2010 14:07

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.