Rising prices in Russia drove the commodity to an eight-week high on Wednesday at pan-European exchange Euronext, and fuelled hopes that west European wheat will pick up more export sales in the second half of the season, Reuters reported.
Another factor in support of wheat markets were firm soybean futures in...
Russia’s Agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has lifted temporary restrictions on import of poultry products from the Vitebsk broiler poultry factory in Belarus, BelTA news agency reports.
Specialists from the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance will still keep an eye on these products and will take at least ten samples...
Russia has harvested 110 million tons of grain in 2018, agriculture minister Dmitry Patrushev told President Vladimir Putin during a meeting, RIA news agency reports.
According to the minister, the indicator is 11% higher than the average annual harvest of the past five years. Patrushev said that the value...
Russia's largest meat producer, Cherkizovo Group, has completed the purchase of Altaysky Broiler from the Prioskolye holding company, Agroinvestor reports.
The deal is worth $67 million, and the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service already approved the transaction, the report says. Cherkizovo announced its intent to acquire the Altay-based poultry producer during the summer.
Altaysky Broiler is...
Russia’s Phosagro, one of the world's biggest fertilizer producers, has signed a cooperation agreement in the field of sustainable soil management with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), RIA news agency reports.
"Our strategy is completely consistent with the goals and objectives of the FAO in terms...
Damate, Russian's largest producer of turkey meat, will expand into producing lamb meat in the Stavropol region, Vedomosti reported citing an investment agreement signed with the regional authorities.
Representatives of the company commented that while there was no large-scale production of lamb in Russia, the demand for the meat from retailers...
Global wheat traders interpreted tensions in the Kerch Strait between Russia and Ukraine as a short-lived incident, which led to Russian wheat export prices being broadly stable last week as, analysts said on Monday, according to Business Recorder.
Russia seized three Ukrainian navy ships and their crews on Nov. 25...
Russia has banned American poultry products from transiting the country’s territory on the way to Kazakhstan, saying that some of these products are being re-exported back to Russia, bypassing the food embargo, Global Meat News reports.
In an official statement, the Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor claimed that the new...
Russia, currently the world's largest exporter of wheat, is preparing to press the EU and the United States even more, renewing its attempts to open the most complex markets for deliveries, Investing.com reports.
Success in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Algeria should finally consolidate Russia's leading position in the Middle East...
Russian Fishing Company Virma has purchased a vessel from Greenland-based Polar Seafood with plans to take its first steps into the country's flourishing shrimp fishery, Undercurrent News reports.
Virma is based in Karelia and is part of the Karelia Fisheries Union. This month, it bought the vessel Acadienne Gale II from...
