Leading producers and exporters of sunflower oil of Russia and Ukraine will participate in the work of the international conference "Oilseeds & Oils 2009", taking part on October 12-14, 2009, in Turkey.
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation increased the estimation of grain losses due to draughts from 11 mln tonnes to 13 mln tonnes, declared Elena Skrynnik, the Minister of Agriculture, on September 2.
On August 27, 2009, the committee of directors of Russian Grain Union accepted the decision to initiate the imposition of the import duty at the rate of 10%, but not lower 30 EUR/t, for soybean, imported to the Russian Federation.
According to the decree of Julia Timoshenko, the Prime-Minister of Ukraine, the State administration of sea and river transport provided several meetings concerning the issue of grain cargoes transportation in the sea trading ports and recommended to all stevedore companies, operating at the territory of the ports, to avoid growing of tariffs for grain shipment, declared the press cutting service of the Ministry of Transport and Communication of Ukraine.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in its first survey-based forecast for U.S. soybean production this year, said farmers will produce “a record high” 3.199 billion bushels.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, after revising its June 30 corn planting estimate, said Wednesday it has raised its forecast for corn production this year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday raised its forecasts for U.S. wheat production and average yield from those made a month ago, although both new predictions are lower than 2008 levels.