Friday, March 29, 2024
The Russian Agriculture Ministry has asked several agencies and authorities as well as retailers and industry associations, to submit proposals on changes to be made in Russia’s food security doctrine, Vedomosti reports. The Ministry has already received proposals from the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo and the Agrofood policy center...
A temporary restriction on the import of poultry from Russia has been imposed in Kazakhstan, the country’s Ministry of Agriculture said a message, according to Trend news agency. The Ministry’s Veterinary Control and Supervision Committee was lead to such a decision due to new outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian...
China will consider the possibility of expanding the list of Russian regions allowed to export grain products to the country, Russia’s agricultural watchdog, Rosselkhoznadzor, said in a statement on Friday, according to RIA news agency. "The issue is about all Russian regions being allowed to supply wheat, soybeans, corn,...
Russian agriculture markets research and consulting company SovEcon announced it has cut its forecast for Russia’s 2018 grain crop to 113.9 million tons from 118.6 million tons due to dry weather. Wheat output is forecast at 69.6 million tons, down from 72.5 million tons, while barley was revised downward to 16.9...
A delegation of 30 South African farming families has arrived in Russia's Stavropol region, known for its agriculture, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports. The white farmers, descendants of Dutch colonizers in South Africa, are known as Afrikaners, and they have been facing violent attacks and death threats at home. According to the delegation, up...
A cargo of Russian wheat is expected to leave the Baltic Sea port of Kaliningrad for Brazil next week, Russia's food safety watchdog told Reuters on Friday. The 25,000 tonnes of Russian wheat is the first such deal since both countries’ governments finalized talks to liberalize bilateral grain and meat trade...
One of the biggest players in Russia’s meat industry, Cherkizovo Group, has said it wants to expand to the Voronezh region, Just Food reported. The company, which this month also revealed plans to invest $115 million in its meat processing capability in the Moscow region, has now announced that over the next...
Trading activity in the Russian old-crop wheat market continued slowing during past week, with market players switching to new-crop wheat, Vedomosti reported. The current weather situation in Russia’s grain growing regions along with a lag in planting brings uncertainty to the market. Growers will most likely take a wait-and-see attitude...
Russian winemakers have given President Vladimir Putin a list of proposals for bolstering the industry, including import tariffs imposed on foreign wine entering the Russian market, a source close to one of the winemaking companies told Vedomosti. According to the source, the chairman of the Union of Oenologists and Winemakers...
U.S. Ambassador to Croatia W. Robert Kohorst said on Wednesday that, to avoid unfavorable scenarios while trying to reach a settlement for the ailing agricultural conglomerate Agrokor, not one group should have more than 10% of voting rights in the company. Kohorst’s statement comes after Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, said...