Milk Alliance Group has reported that a first batch of butter with 82.5% fat content in the amount of 140 tonnes has been shipped to the Netherlands.
Ukraine's Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has said that around 30% of the cost of Ukrainian-made agricultural machinery with the localization level of 50% could be refunded from the budget.
Sugar production in Ukraine as of December 6, 2016 was 1.74 million tonnes. According to the Ukrtsukor National Association of Sugar Producers, on that date the country had processed nearly 11.86 million tonnes of sugar beets.
Ukraine as of November 25 had threshed 61.6 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops from 13.6 million hectares (95% of the forecast).
More than 270 Ukrainian companies have the right to export products to the European Union markets. Head of Ukraine’s State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection, Volodymyr Lapa said this at IX National Conference with International Participation “Diary Business -2016”.
The battle between farmers and Ukrzaliznytsia is going on. "Record Harvest Spells More Trouble for Conflict-Hit Ukraine" is a title of new Bloomberg's article.
According to Bloomberg, as if Ukraine’s battered economy and political conflicts with Russia weren’t dismaying enough, a logjam on the country’s Soviet-era rail network is preventing some farmers from shipping bumper harvests in the breadbasket of Eastern Europe.
Grain harvest in Ukraine in 2016 would total 64 million tonnes, Agricultural Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Taras Kytoviy has said.
The Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine suggests introducing the post of agricultural attachés, who will deal with the establishment of trade representations in the regions, which are of major interest for our exporters.
Nibulon agricultural company in the framework of its strategic plans in the field of inland waterway transport intends to build five new river transshipment terminals, continue building inland and mixed navigation transport ships.
By November 08, winter crops had been sown at 6844 Th ha, which was 93% of the forecasted area - 7374 Th ha, informsUkrAgroConsult.