From the beginning of the current marketing year (MY, July 2009 – June 2010), and as of November 6, Ukraine exported 9.5 mln tonnes of grains, declared Yuri Lusan, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine. The rates of grain exports became higher compared to the previous year.
The Crimea almost completed the autumn field works, declared Pavel Akimov, the Minister of Agrarian Policy of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine), on November 6. Agrarians sowed winter crops throughout 527 thsd ha for the harvest-2010, or 79% from the planned areas.
In the current year, grain harvest in Ukraine will total nearly 47 mln tonnes, declared Yuri Lusan, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, on November 6. Previously, the Minister expected for grain production volumes at the level of 42.9 mln tonnes in clean weight.
World 2009-10 wheat production is revised up to 666.69 million metric tons, from the October estimate of 663.37 million tons, Germany-based analytical firm F.O. Licht said Monday. This is a 2.6% fall on the year. European Union 2009-10 wheat production was revised up 830,000 tons on the month to 138.48 million tons, said the firm.
Ukraine harvested 46 million metric tons of grain to Nov. 6 on 15 million hectares, or 97% of the total area to be harvested, with the average yield of 3.05 tons a hectare, the agriculture ministry said Monday.
Ukraine harvested 45.6 million metric tons of grain to Nov. 4 on 15 million hectares, or 97% of the total area to be harvested, with the average yield of 3.04 tons a hectare, the agriculture ministry said Thursday.
National Commodities Supply Corp., or Conab, on Thursday estimated Brazil’s 2009-10 record-breaking soy crop at between 62.5 million metric tons and 63.6 million metric tons.
The Government of the Russian Federation adopted the resolution dd. November 2, 2009, #881 “About temporally rates of import custom duties for rice and flour-groats rice by-products”, declared the governmental press-cutting service.
Nearly 30% of winter rapeseed seedlings in Ukraine show weak and thinned condition, declared Ivan Demchak, the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy. According to him, only 75% of winter rapeseed sowing from 1.4 mln ha of initial sowing areas received rapeseed seedlings.
Soybeans are expected to see the “lion’s share” of global demand growth for grain in the coming years due to increased meat demand, Jeffrey Currie, head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Food Security conference in London, Currie said annual demand growth for soybeans is expected to increase 3.5%, compared with 2.5% for corn and 1% for wheat. “Yields can’t keep up with demand anymore, we’ll have to expand acreage,” said Currie. Demand for grains used for animal feed will drive growing grain demand and soybeans are a key source of protein for meat production, said Currie.