25.09.2009
Ukraine will not buy up import agricultural equipment
The Industrial Policy Ministry has not agreed an initiative of the Agrarian Policy Ministry regarding the purchase of import farming machinery and equipment that are not produced in Ukraine and purchased by the agrarians through a mechanism of easing of credits.
more25.09.2009
Cabinet of Ministers permitted the Agrarian Fund to export grain in MY 2009-2010
The Cabinet of Ministers permitted the Agrarian Fund to export grain in the marketing years 2009–2010. This decision was made at today’s government meeting, First Deputy Ag Minister Boris Supikhanov told journalists. This was reported by an RBK-Ukraine correspondent. According to him, the Agrarian Fund is permitted to export grain at the volume of 500 KMT.
more24.09.2009
Ukraine to Support Sugar Industry
The Government will elaborate and approve a complex of measures that are to facilitate improvement of the situation in sugar industry. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko imparted during the press conference in the course of her working trip to Vinnytsya region following her visit of Gaysyn sugar plant.
more24.09.2009
In September, Ukraine exported 1.75 mln tonnes of grains
In September, Ukraine exported 1.75 mln tonnes of grains, declared Yuri Melnik, the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, on September 23.
more24.09.2009
Economy ministry forecasts 300,000 tonne deficit of sugar in Ukraine in March-August 2010
The deficit of sugar in Ukraine in the second half of the 2009/10 marketing year (the marketing year starts from September 1) will be at least 300,000 tonnes, the Ukrainian economy ministry has reported.
more24.09.2009
Cabinet predicts GDP growth of 5.4% in 2011, 7.2% in 2012, 6.5% in 2013
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine predicts that the country's gross domestic product will grow by 5.4% in 2011, 7.2% in 2012, and 6.5% in 2013, according to National radio.
more24.09.2009
Landkom wheat harvest average yield up 32 pct
Landkom International Plc (LKI.L), a Ukrainian producer of high-value oilseed rape and wheat, said its average yield of winter wheat rose 32 percent from last year in its core land in western Ukraine.
more24.09.2009
India heading for worst drought since 1972
The Indian monsoon is about 20 percent below strength just over a week before the end of the rainy reason, putting the country on course for its worst drought since 1972, weather data showed Wednesday. "Until September 21, for the country as a whole, the rain deficiency was 22 percent," said B.K. Bandopadhyay, a spokesman for the weather office.
more23.09.2009
Over 38 million tons of grain threshed - agriculture ministry
Under the latest reports by the Agricultural Policy Ministry of Ukraine, a total of 38.29 million tons of grain has been threshed in this country.
more23.09.2009
Domestic and external demand to condition grain production in Russia
The guaranteed domestic and external demand should condition grain production in Russia, declared Elena Skrynnik, the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
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