In March-April of 2010, prices for mineral fertilizers on the world markets will grew by 10-15%, then in two months, after the ending of the season of fertilizers introduction, the prices will reduce to the level of 2009, forecasted Alexei Kunchenko, the president of CJSC Severodonetsk association AZOT (Lugansk oblast).
For the first time, in 2009, Kazakhstan supplied 2.2 mln tonnes of flour on foreign markets, which totaled over 3.1 mln tonnes in grain equivalent. The country takes the first place in the world rate of flour exporters for the third time, declared the press-cutting service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Soybean farmers in Brazil, the world’s biggest producer after the U.S., may harvest about 5 percent more than previously forecast in the current season as rain boosts yields, a government official said.
What follows are opening calls for U.S. grain and oilseed markets.
White sugar rose for a fifth day in London to the highest level in at least two decades on speculation a global supply shortfall will buoy demand and sustain prices.
The economic court of Odessa oblast (Ukraine) issued the decree and started the procedure for liquidation of recognition the bankruptcy of Vector Oil Trade Ltd. and Vector Oil Agroinvestments Ltd. (Odessa).
During eleven months of 2009, the volumes of agriculture products output in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine) increased by 5.6% compared to the same period of 2008, including plant growing products – by 7.2%.
In 2009, the Republic of Kazakhstan harvested 20.8 mln tonnes of grains of leguminous plants in clean weight, wheat formed 81.9% from the mentioned volumes (17 mln tonnes), declared the Agency of statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan on December 30.
On December 30, 2009, the National commodity exchange (Russia) provided the regular exchange auction within the bounds of the state purchasing interventions on the market of grains. The government purchased 125.685 thsd tonnes of grains at the general sum of 446.56 mln RUR, declared the media department of CJSC National commodity exchange.
In 2009, Ukraine exported 24.9 mln tonnes of grains, declared Julia Timoshenko, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, on December 29.