The 2019 Russian grain harvesting campaign started in a southern region of the country amid hot weather, state weather forecaster Hydrometcentre said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
Harvesting has started in part of Russia's southern Stavropol region, one of the main producers of wheat for export. The region is currently...
Fruits and vegetables producers from Turkey are concerned about the increasing cases of exports being sent back from Russia, with some claiming that Russian phytosanitary agency Rosselkhoznadzor regularly returns fruit to Turkey, Fresh Plaza reported.
On May 25, the watchdog returned 20 tons of Turkish strawberries and apricots, finding Californian...
After two days of deep losses, Chicago wheat futures rebounded on Thursday, with support from dry weather that is expected to reduce yields in Russia and Australia, Reuters reports.
The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade was up 0.7% at $4.94 a bushel by 1118 GMT, having...
On the Russian side of the border with China, in Manzhouli, long queues of trucks loaded with Russian wheat flour, rapeseed and other farm produce can be seen every day, waiting to deliver goods to China, Xinhua reports.
The land checkpoint in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has seen a...
Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor does not intend to initiate lifting of the ban on the supply of apples and pears from Belarus, an official from the watchdog has said, according to Newsbel. Moreover, the agency does not even rule out the introduction of new...
Russia’s government and industry have jointly pursued the adoption of electronic seafood marketplaces in order to overcome vast distances between the country’s largest seafood-producing region and its biggest consumer markets in the center of Russia, Seafood Source reports.
In 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the launch of online trading...
Russia has temporarily banned imports of meat from four Serbian companies, news website Nova Ekonomija reported on Friday.
The Russian authorities placed a temporary ban on meat and meat products from Matijevic, Big Bull Foods, Zlatiborac and Carnex citing serious irregularities noted during the inspection, according to the state veterinary...
In a bid to protect domestic winemaking, the Russian government has banned public institutions from buying imported wine, TASS news agency reported.
A statement from the Russian ministry of agriculture confirmed the ban on Tuesday, which includes all international "wines, sparkling wines, liqueurs, and fruit wines."
While the ban prohibits purchases from government and public...
Argentina has expressed interest in the possibility of game meat deliveries from Russia, head of the Russian agricultural watchdog and chairman of the Russian-Argentine inter-governmental commission Sergey Dankvert said on Tuesday, according to TASS.
"Argentina expressed interest in importing game meat. This can include different types of produce, starting from...
The largest vertically integrated meat producer in Russia, Cherkizovo, has said it plans to produce 1.1 million tons of meat in live weight in 2019, which is 19% higher than the previous year, Agroinvestitor reports.
The company said it would become the first meat producer in the post-Soviet era...
