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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…)
26 ianuarie - 12:16 am
Romania: Food prices to increase 20% in H2 2009
Prices of basic foods will increase 15-20% in the second half of 2009, even as prices have increased around 18% compared to October, said Ştefan Niculae, chairman of the Agrostar Federation, according to Bursa. The price hikes expected to happen in June-July are caused by the elimination of state subsidies for producers, which are now forced to raise prices to cover their production costs, with another factor being the cartel policy of hypermarkets, which raised prices without a valid reason, “Agrostar” officials said. As such, pig and poultry breeders, as well as milk and grain producers will no longer be allowed to receive government subsidies this year, which will make their products the first to see price hikes.
25 ianuarie - 2:34 am
Kazakh cropland the size of Israel lying vacant
An area of fertile crop land nearly the size of Israel is lying uncultivated in Kazakhstan, US officials have said, after a field trip which heard that one John Deere combine is four times as efficient as Russian ones. (mai mult…)
25 ianuarie - 2:33 am
Corn and soy to swallow less than half free acres
US corn and soybean plantings will swallow up less than half of the land freed up by the collapse in winter wheat sowings and by the lapse of conservation programmes, Informa Economics has said. (mai mult…)
25 ianuarie - 2:30 am
Kavkaz port throughput up 15.5% – to 8.1 million tons in 2009
Freight transshipment through the Port of Kavkaz increased by 15.5% as compared with 2008 – up 8.1 million tons in 2009, IAA PortNews reports citing the Port Authority. The amount of raid handling of export sulfur grew by 45.28 percent, to 1.890.000 tons, of fuel oil as much as 1.6 times, to 1.290.000 tons, of grain over twofold, up to 472.900 tons, of fertilizers, by 1.8 times, to 263.600 tons. (mai mult…)
25 ianuarie - 2:30 am
Rising freight rates slow Black Sea grain cargoes to Asia
Grain shipments from the Black Sea to Asia look set to fall, slashed by a surge in ocean freight rates fed by China’s hunger for vessels to ferry home its global commodity purchases and fears of predatory attacks by Somali pirates. The cost of shipping grain in bulk from the Black Sea region — a key supplier of corn and feed wheat to Asia — has climbed by about a quarter, to $65-$70 a tonne for a handymax vessel in the last two months, traders and shippers said at a grains seminar hosted by the Centre for Management Technology. (mai mult…)
25 ianuarie - 2:28 am
Ukraine sees record fall in tractor production in
Tractor production in Ukraine fell by 77.2% in 2009 year-over-year, to 1,443 vehicles. According to the State Statistics Committee, the production of seeders shrank by 79.5% to 1,582 units, while the production of disk harrows fell by 83.2% to 926 units. Tractor production fell by 20% in 2008 year-over-year, to 6,339 vehicles.
25 ianuarie - 2:24 am
10-month agri-food products exports up 5%
Romanian exports of agri-food products exports grew by about 5% in the first ten months of 2009, to 1.84 billion euros, compared to 1.75 billion euros in the same period of 2008, while imports decreased by 18%, from 3.41 billion euros to 2.8 billion euros. Thus, according to data supplied by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR), at NewsIn’s request, Romania exported agricultural products worth about 1.4 billion euros in European Union countries, over the period January-October 2009, compared with 1.14 million in the same period of 2008. Regarding extra-community exports in the first ten months of last year, they totalled 430.9 million euros, compared to 604.2 million euros in the corresponding period in 2008. (mai mult…)
25 ianuarie - 1:08 am
Romanian Meteorologists Issue Code Orange Warning For Frosty Weather In Seven Counties
Romanian meteorologists issued a code orange weather advisory valid between Sunday and Wednesday morning, forecasting temperatures that could go down to minus 26 degrees Celsius during night, in seven counties. (mai mult…)
22 ianuarie - 1:28 am
Romania provides the farmland, Canada brings the expertise
The delegation of the officials of the Canadian Agri-Sustainability Partnership – CASP, recently presented the conclusions of its official visit to Romania, which revolve first and foremost around the significant potential of the farming sector and the solutions for improving the situation of Romania”s agriculture. As part of the event hosted by his Excellency, Mr. Philippe Beaulne, the Canadian Ambassador to Romania, CASP officials expressed their intention to intensify their activities in Romania, as well as in other countries in South-Eastern Europe. (mai mult…)
