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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. China’s fertiliser needs in view - 25.08.2010

As all eyes look to China for a possible competing offer for PotashCorp , the country’s fertiliser needs are increasingly in the limelight. 2010 budget deficit may reach 6% of GDP - analyst - 25.08.2010

The state budget deficit in 2010 may reach 6% of GDP - about 67 billion UAH (1 USD - 7.9 UAH). This forecast was voiced by the director of the research department with investment company Astrum Investment Management, Oleksiy Blinov. 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