12.06.2012

Prysiazhniuk: Ukraine set to start grain futures at CME by year end

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine is planning to start corn, barley and sunoil futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) by the end of the year, Agrarian and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said Thursday at a meeting with domestic and foreign investors in Kyiv, UKRINFORM reported citing Latifundist.com.

12.06.2012

60-70% of fish imported - Prysiazhniuk

Ukraine is dependent on fish imports, which make about 60-70%, Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Mykola Prysiazhniuk told a board meeting of the National Agency for Fisheries on Friday, according to a correspondent of UKRINFORM.

12.06.2012

Expert: Wheat harvest in Ukraine expected at 13-14 million tons

Wheat harvest in Ukraine is expected at a low level - 13-14 million tons - because of the loss of winter crops, Director General of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Volodymyr Lapa has said, while commenting on the situation with winter crops, the club has told UKRINFORM.

12.06.2012

Nibulon opposes law on seaports

Mykolaiv-based Nibulon agricultural company LLC, one of the largest Ukrainian producers and exports of grain and oilseed crops, has said it does not support a law on seaports passed by the Ukrainian parliament on May 17, 2012.

Another two Ukrainian cheese factories may be allowed to supply cheese to Russia

Rospotrebnadzor experts are completing the inspection of another two Ukrainian factories, which want to supply cheese to the Russian market.

FAO Food Price Index drops sharply

Global food prices have dropped sharply in May due to generally favourable supplies, growing global economic uncertainties and a strengthening of the US dollar, FAO said today.

European vegetable oil PM prices - June 6

Syngenta's Monument herbicide now available

Controlling difficult weeds and sedges post-emergence on residential and commercial lawns just got easier with the introduction of Monument® 75WG herbicide (active ingredient: trifloxysulfuron-sodium) in single-dose, water-soluble small-pack from Syngenta.

Bayer opens new wheat breeding centre in Germany

Bayer CropScience has opened a new European Wheat Breeding Center in Gatersleben, in the Saxony-Anhalt region of Germany, in order to develop new, high-quality wheat varieties against the backdrop of a growing world population. Work has begun in greenhouses and laboratories on an approximately 1,400 m2 facility at the Biotechpark Gatersleben Infrastruktur GmbH site. As well as developing wheat varieties with higher yields and enhanced properties for the central European market, the 40 employees in Gatersleben will also coordinate all of Bayer's wheat-breeding activities in Europe. Bayer invests some EUR 720 million worldwide in the research and development of crop protection agents and seeds every year. It is planned to increase this budget to approximately EUR 850 million by 2015.

BASF launches AgBalance in Canada

BASF Canada Inc. (BASF) is set to launch a new method to measure sustainability in Canada. The company’s new proprietary tool, AgBalance™, uses a set of 69 indicators to calculate the social, economic and environmental impact of various farming practices. The results help growers identify the most impactful levers to improve their overall sustainability score.