The Ukraine parliament, Verkhovna Rada, has this week passed Bill No. 3871 at first reading to amend various Ukraine laws in a move that will ban the use of palm oil for food production.
Sunflower oil. This season’s pace of sunoil production in Ukraine is somewhat slower than a year ago. So, large and medium-sized crushers produced 417.1 KMT of sunoil in March 2018, i.e. 2.5% less than in the previous month (427.8 KMT) and down 19.3% from March 2017 (516.9 KMT).
Spring barley planting in Ukraine is drawing to an end, and the forecasts about its shortfall are coming true.
Last week the domestic market of sunseed and soybeans followed an upward trend again. It looks quite predictable in view of aggravating competition among buyers and the desire of growers to get as high profit as possible, reports UkrAgroConsult.
Today the 15th Anniversary International Conference "Black Sea Grain: Moving Up the Value Chain" have started its work in Kyiv. This leading conference of the grain sector of Ukraine and the Black Sea region, organized by the UkrAgroConsult, has gathered more than 700 delegates from 50 countries of the world.
Ukrainian farmers have sown 1.2 million hectares of early spring grains, or 51% of total area, according to an April 16 report from Reuters.