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Russia - The grain crisis - 02.09.2010

Russia admits crop loss of 38%; self sufficient in 2010 but no reserves for 2011 Ukraine parliament head against grain exports being subject to quotas - 02.09.2010

The chairman of Ukraine's parliament has protested a proposal for restrictions on grain exports, arguing that they might be a stimulus for paying bribes for export permission, the parliament press service said on Wednesday. Ukraine. Experts not excluding strengthening of hryvnia by end of this year - 02.09.2010

The exchange rate of the hryvnia will remain unchanged by the end of this year, or it may strengthen to UAH 7.85/USD 1, an expert from the analytical department at X-Trade Brokers Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksiuk, said at a press conference at UKRINFORM on Tuesday. Ukraine harvests 29.5 million tons of grain as of August 31 - 02.09.2010

Ukrainian farmers as of August 31 harvested 29.5 million tons of grain and leguminous crops on an area of 11.9 million hectares (81% of the forecast), with an average yield being 24.7 quintals per hectare, the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry has reported. Ukraine. President calls for food price rise probe - 01.09.2010

President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday urged the government to investigate the rapid increase in food prices in Ukraine, adding that measures must be taken to ease inflation. Kernel to spend another $200 million on acquisitions - 31.08.2010

One of the largest operators in the Ukrainian market of sunflower oil and grain exports, company Kernel Groups, will spend on acquisitions up to $200 million in the 2011 fiscal year (started July 1). Russian Union of Milling and Groats Enterprises appeals to the Government to cancel flour export ban - 31.08.2010

The Russian Union of Milling and Groats Enterprises supports the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation on imposition of the temporary grain export ban from the territory of the Russian Federation, stated the letter of the Union to Viktor Zubkov, the first Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. Ukraine to face buckwheat deficit – anti-monopoly committee - 31.08.2010

Ukraine’s anti-monopoly committee said the situation on the buckwheat market is explained by objective factors, the committee’s chairman, Alexei Kostusev, told a roundtable meeting. Over 5 million tons of fresh grain sold on stock exchange - 31.08.2010

In the course of exchange trading in the grain harvest of 2010, more than 5.1 million tons of grain was sold as of August 27, including on spot terms 1.8 million tons and on the terms of forward 3.3 million tons. Virtually all of the crop was sold under export agreements, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported. Ukraine planning to increase milk output by 2020 - 31.08.2010

Milk production in Ukraine may grow by 25% by 2020, while almost a third of total milk production is to be exported. Such tasks are foreseen in the state economic program for the development of dairy cattle breeding in Ukraine, which was drafted by the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry. Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine decreased own forecast of grain production - 31.08.2010

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine decreased the forecast of general grain production in Ukraine in the current season to the level of 40.5 mln tonnes, declared Nikolay Prysiaghniuk, the Minister of Agrarian Policy. Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170