Grain traders are having difficulties forecasting global wheat prices as a flourishing Russian wheat crop is affecting the market at the same time with dry weather woes in Europe, Farmers Weekly reports.
According to data by the International Grains Council (IGC), world wheat production for 2019-20 is predicted to rise...
A new turkey meat processing plant in Russia’s Penza Oblast was opened by agricultural holding Damate, with a planned yearly production capacity of 155,000 tons, Global Meat News reported.
"This is the biggest plant of its kind in Russia, and is likely to be the biggest one in Europe,”...
Russian buyers are interested in organic watermelons of Kazakhstan, whose weight can reach up to more than 15 kilograms, Kazakh TV reported.
Farmers of three melon farms in the Suzak region plan to export the fruits abroad. Last year, 250 tons of fruits were harvested from just one field of...
Russian state scientists are alarmed by the mass death of bee colonies in the country, with uncontrolled pesticide use believed to be the cause, RIA Novosti reports.
"The problem is that we do not produce our own pesticides," Yelena Saltykova of the Russian state Institute of Biochemisty and Genetics told...
Controversial state-run auctions for crab quotas in Russia have given birth to a powerful new player in the market, Seafood Source writes.
Russian media have already dubbed Gleb Frank “The Crab King” after his company, Russian Fishery Company (RFC), won more than one-third of the quotas up for auction in...
One of Russia’s biggest meat producers, Miratorg, has announced that the first delivery of 13 tons of beef will soon be supplied to Brazil, marking the first time ever that Russian beef is being exported to the South American country, Sputnik Brazil reported.
The company says the product will be...
Russia plans to retain the position of the biggest global wheat exporter, press service of the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday with reference to minister Dmitry Patrushev, according to TASS.
"Russia will continue boosting food trade both with Saudi Arabia and other priority markets in the future, due to which...
Russia’s agriculture sector is one of the great unsung successes of reform in recent years and put in another strong year in 2020 despite the multiple shocks to the economy, The Moscow Times reports.
Agricultural output has grown almost every year over the past decade, and 2020 was no exception,...
The widespread acceptance of genetically modified food in Russia continues to remain speculative, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who spoke to students on Wednesday during his tour to the Far East, TASS reported.
According to the Russian president, the problem of genetically modified food is undoubtedly difficult, and experts...
Analysts are forecasting Russia’s grain production in 2017-18 at 134.9 million tonnes, the country’s largest crop in nearly 40 years, according to a recent Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
This total includes 85 million tons of wheat, 20.2 million tons of barley, and 13.7...
