Group of the companies "Ramburs" and the Dutch company Trigon Agri to create JV

Kyiv boasts lowest inflation rate

Ukraine lifts ban on imports of poultry and poultry products from Great Britain

Russia: spring crops sowing campaign is conducted at the area of 2.3 mln ha

Ukraine: by the beginning of April the sowing area under spring crops totals 2.43 mln ha

Russia may take place among three leading grain exporters within 5 years

According to the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexey Gordeev, within 5 years Russia may take place among three leading grain exporters.

The state support should be up to the agri-producers’ interests to a more considerable extent

Association “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB) greets the introduction of changes to the Governmental resolution #805, that allows agri-producers to pretend to VAT compensation, declared by §6.2.6. article #6 of the Law of Ukraine “About the value-added tax”.

Kazakhstan: by the end of week grain export duties to be introduced

According to the Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov, by the end of week they may introduce grain export duties or even completely prohibit grain export.

Singaporean company Wilmar plans to create JV with Ukrainian and Russian companies

According to the report of the company Wilmar International (Singapore), they plan to create a joint venture with total cost of $136 mln with Nizhegorodsk Oil-and-Fat Plant (SC "NZHMK", Russia) and Ukrainian company Delta Exports Pte Ltd.

Use of illegal and counterfeit plant protection products

At the round table today, organised by the European Business Association (EBA) and the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA), members of the plant protection industry launched an initiative entitled the European Union Crop Protection Information Service (EUCPIS) to develop awareness within the farming and food production industries of the growing threat to the economics of farming in Ukraine and the human food chain of illegal and counterfeit plant protection products.

Kazakhstan will be able to transport goods to the external markets through Omani ports to the Indian Ocean coast

According to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev, Kazakhstan and Oman can increase the mutual trade volumes using the future transport routes through the territory of Iran.

Russia: the state of the winter crops in Russia is better than last season

According to the data of the State Meteorological Office of Russia, only 6-8% of the winter crops sowings (1-1.3 mln ha) are in unsatisfactory state - did not rise or thinned out.

Russia: in 2007 wheat export totaled 14.5 mln tonnes

Kazakhstan: restrictions on wheat export to be introduced since March 1

Tymoshenko says Ukrainian-Russian intergovernmental talks were constructive

Education minister says Ukraine's WTO accession will make natural sciences more popular

Ukraine, EU start talks on free trade zone

Ukraine to increase grain yield to 50 mln tonnes in next 1-2 years

Grain Shortage in Bulgaria after Ukraine Refuses Exports

World Bank offers recipe for reviving Indian agriculture

Forget credit and oil - the next crisis will be over food

Sowing area under spring crops to total 15.8 mln ha in 2008

Winter crops sowing are in satisfactory state

One of the leading Ukrainian exporters of grain/sun oil to participate in the Third Trading Summit: Mediterranean grain market

Export market of sun oil observes gradual increasing of prices

Ukraine: the Ministry of Economics started granting licenses for grain export

Ukraine and World Bank sign loan agreement

Gazprom extends deadline for Ukraine to pay $1.5 bln gas bill

China Takes New Anti-Inflation Steps, Raising Farm Subsidies, Curbing Crop Use by Industry

Wheat continues record bereaking run