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1 noiembrie - 12:54 pm
Grain supplier merger gets shareholder backing
The merger of grain suppliers Centaur Grain and Grainfarmers has gained the backing of shareholders meaning that the deal is only dependent on High Court approval, expected mid-November.
The new business, to be called Openfield, will be the UK’s leading farmer-controlled grain marketer and supplier. It will work with over 7000 farmers providing 20 per cent of the UK grain market’s needs, or four million tonnes of grain a year. The deal has already gained approval from the Office of Fair Trading, according with bakeryandsnacks.com
25 octombrie - 1:08 am
Agricola Bacau to invest €20 mln to expand production
Agricola Bacau group of companies, one of the top poultry producers and processors, has a €20 million investment budget for 2009 to develop farms and increase the production capacity, according to the company’s President, Gheorghe Antochi. (Business Standard)
22 octombrie - 2:18 am
Over 50 Romanian Foresters Picket Agriculture Ministry, Demanding 25% Risk Benefit
Over 50 Romanian foresters are picketing Tuesday the building of the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry, demanding the granting of the 25% risk benefit stipulated in the Forestry Code, and its inclusion in the next year’s budget. (mai mult…)
22 octombrie - 2:03 am
Meat product sales stagnate due to lower purchasing power
The decline in Romanian’s purchasing power led to a stagnation in sales of meat products this year, although producers were expecting a market increase of at least 10 percent market increase. (read more in Business Standard)
20 octombrie - 2:05 am
A Finnish company acquires 10,000 hectares of forest for €50 mln
The Finnish Tornator company, specialized in owning and managing forests, has acquired some 10,000 hectares of forest land in Romania in 2008. (source – Business Standard) (mai mult…)
17 octombrie - 11:04 am
Why Voiculescu and Chelu are fighting over Lacta Giurgiu
Businessmen Dan Voiculescu and Catalin Chelu have begun powerful buying sprees on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) for the shares of Lacta Giurgiu (INEM), one of the few independent dairy producers on a market expected to exceed €2 billion in the coming three years (Business Standard). (mai mult…)
15 octombrie - 3:58 pm
Romanian Food Indus Unions Want Finance Minister Sacked
Romanian union federation in the food industry Agrostar demanded Wednesday the resignation of finance minister Varujan Vosganian for “sabotaging Romanian economy”, federation president Stefan Nicolae said. (mai mult…)
14 octombrie - 5:37 pm
Romanian Agriculture Four Times Less Insured Than EU Avg – Ministry Official
Romanian agriculture is four times less insured than the European average, but the agriculture insurance market is on a rising trend given the need for risk management in this sector, especially when it comes to climate change risks. (mai mult…)
7 octombrie - 8:26 pm
Daca nu te pricepi la sistemul UTF8, adio finantare UE!
Ura! Am scapat de dosare cu sute de hartii pentru transmiterea unui proiect de finantare! Se intampla in cazul Programului Operational “Dezvoltarea Resurselor Umane”, unde cererea de finantare poate fi completata online. Tehnologia, insa, are inca mari secrete si pentru solicitanti, dar si pentru cei care au conceput aplicatia electronica.
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3 octombrie - 3:00 am
Romanian Winemakers To Receive Funds For Crop Insurance, Wine Promoting
Romanian winemakers will receive funds to promote their wines on foreign markets, to insure their crop and to use concentrated grape stum in order to increase alcohol concentration, the Government said Thursday in a statement. (mai mult…)
2 octombrie - 9:48 am
Farmers target cereal tariff reissue amidst supply hikes
The UK’s National Farmers Union (NFU) is calling for the reinstatement of European import duties on cereals to protect grain producers both domestically and in northern Europe.
Paul Temple, the association’s new president, will lead calls for the tariffs to be brought back at a Commission advisory meeting in Brussels today, a move that could increase costs for manufacturers reliant on foreign grain supplies. (mai mult…)
22 septembrie - 9:57 am
New Cargill plant increases rapeseed oil supply
Cargill has opened a huge new rapeseed plant in western France, said to provide a new outlet for local farmers and bring a new source of rapeseed oil for the food and fuel industries.
The plant, which is located in Montoir, 5km from Cargill’s sunflower plant in Saint Nazaire, will process up to 600,000 metric tones of rapeseed a year – most of which will be sourced locally. (mai mult…)
15 septembrie - 11:17 am
Soft drinks continue Eastern European surge
The Eastern European market for fruit juices and nectars was up by 10 per cent to €6.4bn last year, an upward trajectory expected to continue in the coming years, says a new report.
Beverage market analyst Zenith International says that consumption volumes in the region for the segment rose 9.5 per cent to 5.6bn litres in 2007, after having nearly doubled over the last five years.
Gary Roethenbaugh, market intelligence director for Zenith, said that growing consumer interest within the region for products linked to health and wellbeing benefits and more intensive marketing were behind the growth. (mai mult…)
15 septembrie - 10:59 am
Move to reduce soybean transport costs
Soybean producers are pooling resources to combat rising transport costs, compounded by heavy rain and flooding, in a move which could ultimately benefit food manufacturers, according to an industry analyst.
Transportation has increasingly become an obstacle to profitability for the industry, according to The United Soybean Board, which oversees the soybean checkoff, a collective of farmers who invest a portion of their profits to fund research and promotion. (mai mult…)
15 septembrie - 10:45 am
Make Weed Management Decisions NOW
Believe it or not, now is the time to begin thinking about weed management for the 2009 growing season. And as always, the watchword is “stewardship”, sais Micheal Owen, from the Department of Agronomy of Iowa State University.
As you begin to harvest the fields, note the weeds that are present and think back to what you did last spring and summer to control the weeds. If you only sprayed glyphosate or any other single herbicide, rethink the tactic. Recurrent application of herbicides will select rapidly for weeds that do not respond to that herbicide. Consider using many different tactics to manage as many weeds as possible and reduce the selection pressure. (mai mult…)
