Favourable weather is likely to help the Black Sea region’s three top grain producers — Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan — restore grain output this year after a shattering fall in 2012, analysts and officials said. Russia, usually one of the world’s top wheat exporters, was hit by drought last year, which slashed the grain harvest […] Read more
Weather puts Black Sea on course to restore grain output
Ukraine traders expect wheat export curbs soon
Grain traders expect the Ukrainian government to introduce curbs on wheat exports early in December but fear that instead of an official ban it might opt for informal restrictions, the grain lobby said Friday. Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said last month the government would halt wheat exports from Nov. 15 due to a fall in […] Read more
Ukraine will not limit barley, maize exports — ag minister
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ukraine will impose no limits on exports of barley and maize in the current marketing season, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said Oct. 16, adding that the former Soviet republic would export over two million tonnes of grain this month. “Moreover, we will encourage the exports of feed grains,” Prysyazhnyuk said on the sidelines of an […] Read more
Ukraine to ban wheat exports from Nov. 15, traders say
Traders said Friday that Ukraine’s agriculture ministry would ban exports of wheat from Nov. 15 after bad weather hit the harvest, pushing up global wheat futures prices even though traders had expected the move. The ministry, however, is sticking to its earlier formula of allowing traders to export up to a total of five million […] Read more
Ukraine won’t limit barley, maize exports, ag minister says
Ukraine will impose no limits on exports of barley and maize in the current marketing season, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said Tuesday, adding that the former Soviet republic would export over two million tonnes of grain this month. "Moreover, we will encourage the exports of feed grains," Prysyazhnyuk said on the sidelines of an international […] Read more
Ukraine to follow suit if Russia limits grain exports
Any effort by drought-stricken Russia to restrict grain exports is likely to provoke a similar move by neighboring Ukraine, leaving markets bereft of supply from two major Black Sea producers at a time when dry weather has slashed grain supply from India to Indiana. Importers moved swiftly to secure supply as the harvest outlook took […] Read more
Ukraine denies curbing wheat exports
Ukraine’s government said Wednesday it had not urged grain traders to limit wheat exports, denying local media reports it had done so, and it forecast that there would be no shortages of grain on the domestic market. "There are no recommendations to limit wheat exports," Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk told reporters. "Traders are telling us […] Read more
Ukraine AgMin Sees Bumper Wheat, Maize Exports
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ukraine plans to boost its grain harvest to 51 million tonnes in 2011 from 39.2 million a year ago and hopes to double exports to 24 million tonnes in the 2011- 12 season, Ukraine s Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said on Sept. 7. Prysyazhnyuk told Reuters the former Soviet republic had harvested 22.2 million tonnes […] Read more
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