Russia becomes global leader of wheat export – agriculture minister

Russia has become the global leader of wheat export and outrun Canada and the United States, Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev said on Thursday. Russia will export about 25 mln tonnes of wheat in this agricultural year, the Minister added. “The wheat export figure [is] about 25 mln tonnes. We have become the global leaders…

Belarus plans to increase milk production by 2020

Belarus plans to increase its milk production to 9.6 million tonnes by 2020, by 33% as against 2015, Belarus First Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Marinich told media on 28 April. Leonid Marinich is attending the second export to discuss forum Dairy Belarus, BelTA has learned. This year there are plans to increase the…

Ukraine: Sunflower oil production lags behind the last season’s pace

In March 2016 large and medium-sized enterprises of Ukraine produced 346 KMT of sunflower oil compared to 339 KMT in Feb-ruary 2016 and 341 KMT in March 2015. Since the beginning of the current season Ukraine produced 2389 KMT of sunflower oil which is 1.8% less than over the same period last season. Estimating the…

Russia: in 2015/16 MY, the exports of wheat and corn to break a record

In 2015/16 MY, the exports of wheat and corn from the Russian Federation will break a record, declared the Director of consulting company ProZerno, Vladimir Petrychenko during the meeting-discussion “Harvest-2016: market of crop protection products and seeds in Russia” on April 26. In particular, the export potential of wheat in the current MY totals 24.45…

Over Half of Red Caviar Sold in Russia Unsafe

The majority of red caviar sold in Russian food stores does not comply with basic hygiene regulations, the TASS news agency reported Monday. Experts from Russian standards watchdog Roskachestvo found that 13 out of 23 samples inspected were produced in conditions that did not conform to sanitary regulations, said deputy Chairman of Roskachestvo Yekaterina Saratseva.…

Ukraine: Kyivkhlib seeks to start exports to U.S., Canada in 2016

Public joint-stock company Kyivkhlib, a large bread producer in Kyiv, seeks to export its cakes to the United States and Canada. According to a company report, the company in 2015 exported crackers, round cracknels and confectionary products to Germany, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. Kyivkhlib last year designed 29 new products: 20…