During the last five months, Norway increased food exports from Russia by 60% in annual terms to $153 million, according to the Agroexport center in the Russian Ministry of Agriculture. Supplies in physical terms increased by 73% to 155 thousand tons, Russian media reported.
Norway also became the second-largest buyer...
Russian authorities imposed a ban on the export of buckwheat and buckwheat groats, starting from June 5 to August 31, Russian media informed.
The ban does not apply to supplies to support the activities of Russian military formations abroad, domestic organizations in Baikonur and Spitsbergen, as well as goods for...
New measures to keep the prices of sugar steady The government is discussing new measures to regulate the price of sugar, since the agreement for fixed sugar prices ends on June 1.
New measures include the creation of an intervention fund with sugar reserves for sale, at times of...
The annual growth in food prices in early May slowed to 6.6% from 7.6% in March, according to info from a meeting held by Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov on price monitoring.
In particular, for the annual period as of May 4, 2021, price growth slowed down...
Russian wheat exports increased significantly year over year from the beginning of July 2020 to April 22, 2021, according to the country's agriculture ministry, Russia Today reported.
According to ministry statistics, Russia sold 34.7 million tons of wheat during the indicated time, an increase of 10.9 percent over the same...
Exports of Russian wheat and meslin flour more than doubled in January-February when compared with the same period of 2020, amounting to 7.59 million tons, according to the Federal State Statistics Service, RT writes.
In monetary terms, wheat supplies abroad more than doubled to $1.884 billion. Exports of vegetable oil...
Images have emerged online showing the coast of the Russian Sakhalin Island in the Pacific Ocean covered with fish. With ecologists saying they’re safe to eat, excited fishermen hurried to the seafront for the easiest catch, RT reported.
Videos of Pacific herring covering Sakhalin’s south-western coastline were posted online on...
McDonald’s fast food chain is launching a long-term program to support Russian farmers, the company said in a statement on Friday, TASS informed.
"McDonald's is launching a long-term program to support Russian farmers. Under the program, five Russian farms cooperating with the Belaya Dacha Group will receive targeted grants for...
Export duty on Russian wheat has been doubled to €50 ($60.44) per ton from March 1. It will remain in force until a permanent floating tax is imposed in June, RT reported.
The levy was introduced in February in a bid to protect domestic supply and stabilize the prices for...
Ten muskox calves were delivered from Yamal to the Arctic village Volochanka in northern Krasnoyarsk Region to set up Russia’s first muskox farm there. The farm will produce qiviut (soft underwool), a representative of the Khaski-Tyal family community Denis Terebikhin told TASS.
The muskox farm is part of a project...
