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10 martie - 12:47 am
Curierul National: Agriculture Ministry is prudent about authorising GMOs
The Ministry of Agriculture is “prudent” about authorising the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMO), minister Mihail Dumitru told Mediafax on Tuesday, mentioning that favourable endorsements will be issued only on the basis of “solid scientific evaluations” and by proving sure economic benefits. (mai mult…)
25 februarie - 2:05 am
Bursa: All the eggs that are being sold on the market match the quality standards, Minister of Agriculture says
All the eggs which are being sold on the market meet the health and safety standards, said Mihail Dumitru, the minister of Agriculture, quoted by Agerpres. The statements come following the information recently provided by the animal protection organization Vier Pfoten, which discussed the way egg-laying hens are raised in cages (batteries) and the eggs originating from hens raised in this way, which were all marked with the number “3″. (mai mult…)
24 februarie - 8:39 am
Food labelling: new legislation needed to boost EU quality policy
Compulsory labelling of farm produce can ensure that consumers are fully informed on food quality and boost agricultural competitiveness, said the Agriculture Committee on Monday. Protecting EU geographical indications and traditional specialities from counterfeiting are also vital to promote and defend EU food high quality standards, it added. (mai mult…)
23 februarie - 2:14 pm
Mihail Dumitru participates in meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of EU
Romanian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mihail Dumitru, on Monday participates, in the meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the European Union, in Brussels. The meeting agenda includes the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, focusing on measures to be taken in market management after 2013. (Financiarul)
23 februarie - 9:42 am
US wheat harvest to slump 12% this year, USDA says
American farmers will harvest a record corn crop this year, but in part at the expense of wheat production, which will slump by 12%, the US Department of Agriculture has said.
The USDA has pegged the corn harvest at 13.16m bushels, 200m bushels more than proposed earlier this month in its so-called baseline forecast. (mai mult…)
23 februarie - 9:42 am
Grain market calm curbs ABF trading profits
Relative stability in grain markets has hit the performance of Associated British Foods’ agriculture business, leaving it on course for a drop in interim profits – unlike the rest of the company.
The UK group said it all its divisions had achieved a “strong increase” in revenue in the year to February 27, helped by factors from record sugar prices to, at its Primark clothing stores, higher sales volumes. (mai mult…)
23 februarie - 9:41 am
Commerzbank: Cattle price rally not over yet
The rally in cattle prices has further to run, driven by recovering demand for beef at a time of constrained supplies, Commerzbank has said, even as many gave US herd data a lukewarm welcome.
Official statistics on Friday showed the decline in American cattle dynamics declining slower than many analysts had expected, with the number of placements of cattle in feedlots falling by 2%, compared with a forecast 5% drop. (mai mult…)
10 februarie - 2:48 am
Two Thirds Of Romanian Eggs Come From Battery-Raised Chickens
Two thirds of eggs produced in Romania come from chickens raised in batteries with surfaces smaller than that of a sheet of A4 paper and often fed with genetically modified feed and synthetic vitamins, said Tuesday Gabriel Paun of animal protection organization Vier Pfoten. (mai mult…)
10 februarie - 2:47 am
Romania Agric Min: Over 400,000 People Liable To Sanctions For Unfarmed Lands
Over 400,000 people holding more than 1.5 million hectares of unfarmed lands are likely to be sanctioned as of spring, Agriculture Ministry state secretary Adrian Radulescu told MEDIAFAX Tuesday. (mai mult…)
2 februarie - 3:07 pm
UkrSugar predicts sugar beet sowing on 450,000 hectares in 2010
The UkrSugar national association of Ukrainian sugar makers predicts that sugar beet will be sown on 450,000 hectares in 2010.
The regions posted sowing 380,000 hectares, but “we believe the acreage will increase to 450,000 hectares,” the association reported.
In the opinion of experts of the association, the acreage will expand due to the sharp rise in the prices of sugar on Ukraine’s home market.
In 2009 sugar beet was sown on 330,000 hectares. The beet harvest was 10 million tons, and the production of sugar made 1.267 million tons. The domestic consumption of sugar in Ukraine is estimated at 2 million tons.
2 februarie - 2:17 pm
Dire winter triggers livestock disaster in Mongolia
Temperatures plunging to -50°C have killed 1.7 million head of livestock in Mongolia, threatening the livelihoods of 21 000 herder families and putting them at risk of food insecurity, FAO warned today. An FAO rapid needs assessment on the impact of the disaster has found that urgent external assistance of some $6 million is needed over the next two to three months to help the herders make it through to spring. (mai mult…)
2 februarie - 1:48 pm
Russia grain crop may well beat industry guess
An industry estimate that Russia’s grain crop will “exceed 90m tonnes” this year may prove conservative, to judge by the growth in winter plantings, a leading analyst has said. (mai mult…)
2 februarie - 1:46 pm
Demand to lift crop prices, with soy ‘to jump 26%’
Growth in consumption will revive prices of corn and soybeans in Chicago, and drive wheat higher on both sides of the Atlantic, Commerzbank has said, at the end of a gloomy month for crop markets. (mai mult…)
2 februarie - 1:45 pm
Ukraine farm loan plans branded “science fiction”
The promise by Ukraine’s prime minister to create a bank offering low-interest loans to farmers may turn out to be “science fuction”, UkrAgroConsult has said in a report adding 1m tonnes to its grains forecast. (mai mult…)
26 ianuarie - 3:27 am
Mayor of Chisinau: Romania was and will be Republic of Moldova’s loyal advocate
The Mayor of Republic of Moldova Capital, Chisinau, Dorin Chirtoaca, stated on Sunday, in Iasi (east), where he took part in the events occasioned by the anniversary of 151 years since the Romanian Principalities Union, that Romania was and remains a loyal advocate of the Republic of Moldova in its process of accession to the European Union. (mai mult…)
