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Pork Commentary: Russian Road Trip - 16.10.2009

Jim Long, President and CEO of Genesus Inc., writes, "This past week we have been in Russia attending the large agriculture exhibition Golden Autumn in Moscow." Malaysian palm oil futures slightly up - 14.10.2009

Malaysian palm oil futures ended 0.5 percent higher on Tuesday, easing from more than two-week highs hit earlier on profit-taking, although a crude oil rally and recovering exports kept sentiment up. Prices of palm oil had been on the decline in the last two weeks but regained momentum after rumours of strong exports surfaced on Friday. Ministry of Agriculture of Russia increased the forecast of grain harvest - 09.10.2009

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation in creased the forecast of grain harvest in the current year in the country to the level of 93 mln tonnes. Japan will allocate a 1.7 million US dollars grant to Moldova to implement the 2 KR project. - 09.10.2009

According to the press release of the Japan’s Embassy in Moldova, the allocation of funds is stipulated by the agreement signed by the Ambassador of Japan to Moldova Tadashi Izawa and the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of Moldova Valeriu Cosarciuc on October 7th. US Dairy Industry To Receive Financial Support - 09.10.2009

Funding to help the struggling dairy industry has been approved in the 2010 Agriculture Appropriations bill. Russia increases foodstuffs imports in September - 09.10.2009

Russia has significantly increased the imports of dairy products in September. According to the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia the growth in September amounted to 34,4% - to US$95,2 million in value terms. IMF Forecasts Deeper Contractions in Russia and CIS This Year - 02.10.2009

The International Monetary Fund lowered its economic outlook for Russia and other former Soviet states this year as stimulus measures fail and bank lending is slow to recover. Kazakhstan harvested the record grain crop during recent 5 years - 02.10.2009

According to Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, agrarians of the country managed to harvest the excellent grain crops in rather difficult weather conditions of the current year. Grain production volumes in bunker weight totaled nearly 21 mln tonnes, which became the second record harvest during recent five years. Russia saw zero inflation in September - Rosstat - 02.10.2009

Russia on September 22-28 saw a zero inflation rate. Since the beginning of the month it was at the point of freezing as well. Since the beginning of the year it has measured 8.1 percent, Prime-Tass quotes the federal state statistics service (Rosstat) as saying. Oil World sees booming US soya exports from October - 30.09.2009

US exports of soyabeans, soya oil and meal are expected to rise sharply from October but will not be able to offset a sharp decline in South American supply, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said on Tuesday. Delayed harvesting in several parts of the United States has contributed to scarce soyabean supplies at US export locations, but Oil World expects the situation to reverse in coming months as harvesting picks up. India to extend tax-free white sugar imports - 28.09.2009

India, the world's largest sugar consumer, will extend permission for tax-free imports of white sugar beyond November but the move is unlikely to trigger immediate purchases as dealers eye cheaper prices. 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