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Ukraine Expects Commodities Exports To Germany To Rise If Free Trade Zone With EU Created - 31.08.2010

"We expect a rise in Ukrainian exports to Germany in course of further liberalisation of trade relations between Ukraine and the EU, including after signing an agreement on creation of a free trade zone," she said. Ukraine. Agrarian Fund expecting lower prices for grain - 31.08.2010

Due to a sharp jump in grain prices, Agrarian Fund has suspended purchases of grain. This was reported during an open meeting on agriculture by Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture Viktor Slauta. The price of the third-class wheat in the domestic market has already reached USD 1,800/ton (1 USD - 7.89 UAH). Russian inspectors to check Ukrainian producers of meat, milk - 30.08.2010

Russian state inspectors will check again the Ukrainian enterprises producing meat and dairy products, the State Veterinary Medicine Committee of Ukraine reported. Azarov: Ukraine has enough buckwheat for everyone - 30.08.2010

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov announced Aug. 27 during a cabinet meeting that said that the state has sufficient reserves of buckwheat, wheat, grain and other food goods to maintain stable prices for food. Wet Weather May Keep Frost at Bay in Southern Prairie - 26.08.2010

This season’s wet conditions may keep an early frost at bay in the southern Prairies, but more northern areas may not be as lucky. Aston Chipanshi, the manager of climate monitoring and forecasting, Agriculture Canada, said the more southern areas of Western Canada have a good chance of avoiding an early frost, because of the damp conditions. German rain erodes hopes for Europe's grain - 26.08.2010

Rain-delayed German harvest has prompted Toepfer to forecast a 13% slide in the country’s grain crop, and spurred US officials to cut by 10m tonnes their forecast for overall European Union production. As of August 25, Russia produced 41.5 mln tonnes of grains - 26.08.2010

According to official data of the federal subjects of the Russian Federation, as of August 25, 2010, Russia harvested grains and leguminous plants throughout the areas of nearly 20.2 mln ha (or 50% of the forecast), a decrease of 2.6 mln ha compared to 2009 level. The general grain production volumes totaled 41.5 mln tonnes, as opposed to 60.5 mln tonnes in 2009. The average yield totaled 20.6 c/ha as opposed to 26.5 c/ha in 2009, announced the press-service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. In 2010, Ukraine to harvest sunflower seed at the previous year level - 26.08.2010

In the current year, sunflower seed production in Ukraine will possibly total nearly 6.4 mln tonnes, which almost corresponds to the previous year level, declared Stepan Kapshuk, the General Director of the Association "Ukroliyaprom", on August 26. According to him, the average yield index will total 14.4 c/ha. Ukraine: Agrarian Fund to contract 200 thsd tonnes of new crop grains - 26.08.2010

From the beginning of the current marketing year (since July 1, 2010), the Agrarian Fund of Ukraine has contracted nearly 200 thsd tonnes of new crop grains, announced Alexander Lavrinchuk, the Deputy Head of the Fund. Monsanto buys Western Australian grain breeder - 26.08.2010

One of the world's largest agricultural biotech companies, Monsanto, has bought part of the Western Australian Government's grain breeding company, Intergrain. Russian inflation 5.4 pct since start of year - 26.08.2010

Russia's consumer price inflation reached 5.4 percent since the start of 2010 and 0.2 percent in the week August 17-23, for a third week running, the Statistics Service said on Wednesday. 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