Russia’s Deputy Agriculture minister Dzhambulat Khatuov held a conference call on the development of vegetable growing in the country’s regions this week, the participants of which discussed issues of increasing the production stocks of potatoes and vegetables, Potato System reports.
The event was attended by the heads of regional governing...
A proposal made by the Russian agriculture ministry last week to limit Russian grain exports to 7 million tons from April through June because of the coronavirus pandemic was backed by the country’s Economy Ministry, it said on Monday, according to Reuters.
While the proposal is unlikely to have much...
The authorities of Russia’s Volgograd Region said this month that 18,560 tons of greenhouse vegetables were produced in the region since the beginning of 2020, almost twice the amount as in the same period last year.
According to data provided by the Agricultural Committee of Volgograd Region, the main share...
Russia's Agriculture Ministry announced Sunday that the country is limiting its grain exports in response to the growing risks brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported.
From April 1 to June 30, exports of grain - wheat and meslin, rye, barley and corn - outside the EAEU will...
Signs of price-fixing in the buckwheat market were uncovered by the Russian anti-monopoly agency (FAS) amid the panic-buying spree fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, Vedomosti reports.
Buckwheat has been a staple of choice for Russian shoppers to stockpile as the number of Covid-19 cases has climbed, with sales of the...
The devaluation of the ruble and relatively high grain prices have bolstered Russian farmers’ confidence, with the average price for wheat on the domestic market soaring by 1,000 rubles ($12.3) reaching almost 13,300 ($164.6) per ton over the week, Kommersant writes.
The primary reasons for the spike in grain prices...
Continuing a string of investments in grain transport infrastructure, Russia’s state-controlled bank VTB has bought 50% of the Taman grain terminal in the Russian part of the Black Sea from Ukraine's Kernel, Reuters reports.
Commodity trade giant Glencore, which owns the other half of the terminal, remains VTB's partner in...
A shortage in the supply of quality potatoes is resulting in an increase in prices in this segment, EastFruit analysts say.
According to the analysts’ daily monitoring, the limited supply of high-quality potatoes, as well as the increased demand for these products by wholesale companies and retail chains, has allowed...
Vegetable exporters from Turkey have supplied tomatoes worth $8 million to Russia since the country decided to increase the import quota for Turkish companies, Daily Sabah reports.
Moscow last month increased the quota by 50,000 tons from 150,000 to 200,000 tons.
According to data from the Aegean Exporters' Association (EİB) released...
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture will be able to reallocate food supplies to different regions of the country in case of necessity, Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko said on Wednesday, according to Dairy News.
"The Deputy Prime Minister particularly noted that food stocks were formed in the country and there...
