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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…)
20 ianuarie - 2:49 am
Hoyo Râşnov to begin tractor production in April
Chinese company Hoyo Râşnov expects to begin tractor production and deliver the first finished tractors on the Romanian market in April, when tractor production is expected to begin, the company”s general manager, Denisa Vasilescu announced. Due to some issues with the assembly units of the plant, the manufacturing of the first tractors has been put on hold since December, initially until January 2010, and now again for April. (mai mult…)
18 ianuarie - 5:15 am
Dacian Ciolos: My top priority will be to define CAP prospects after 2013
My top priority as European Commissioner for Agriculture will be to define the prospects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013, European Commissioner Designate for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos told the agriculture committee of the European Parliament on Friday. (mai mult…)
18 ianuarie - 1:15 am
Ciolos says he pleads for strong budget be maintained in agriculture
The current budget allotted by the European Union is enough generous to allow the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) function and I believe it is important we maintain a good budget in agriculture, the designated Commissioner for Agriculture Romanian MEP Dacian Ciolos said at the hearings in the specialized committee of the European Parliament (AGRI). (mai mult…)
18 ianuarie - 1:15 am
Dacian Ciolos believes small holdings to be an important part of the European Agriculture
Small family holdings are an important part of the European agriculture and are not an exclusive feature of the new member states, European Commissioner-designate in charge of Agriculture Dacian Ciolos declared on Friday, in Brussels, during the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee hearings. (mai mult…)
18 ianuarie - 1:14 am
Ciolos: This year I intend to present main CAP guidelines after 2013
European Commissioner Designate for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos told the hearings in the specialist committee of the European Parliament on Friday that, by the end of this year, he intended to present, in a report of the European Commission, the main guidelines of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013. (mai mult…)
18 ianuarie - 1:13 am
Ciolos: For the time being EC cannot intervene in producer – retailer relation
On the occasion of hearings in Brussels, this Friday, in the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee (AGRI), European Commissioner-designate Dacian Ciolos pleaded for a correct relationship between foodstuff manufacturers and supermarkets. (mai mult…)
