Good grain harvest expected in North Caucasus
The region is in the lead in sowing
Alexander Tkachev
Russia to eliminate tomatoes shortage in 5 years - agriculture ministry
Russia will fully close shortage of tomatoes in Russia by domestic production in 4-5 years, Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said. "We laid the base of 50 greenhouse facilities owing to the investment program …
Russia to resume import of Turkish tomatoes at year-end
The Russian market will be opened to Turkish tomatoes in the end of 2017, Russia's Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said in a statement. But the minister added that the volume of imports would be low …
Russian Agriculture Ministry expects record grain harvest
Russia plans to regain global leadership in terms of wheat export in 2017-2018 agriculture year, Russia's Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said. "As of today, grain exports have exceeded last …
Import of 50 thousand tons of Turkish tomatoes will not harm Russian producers, Tkachev says
The Minister said that the import of tomatoes from Turkey can be established in the off-season, UkrAgroConsult reports. Supplies of Turkish tomatoes to Russia in the offseason will not take a significant share in the total export …
Russia may partially resume tomatoes imports from Turkey in winter
Russian agriculture minister Alexander Tkachev said on Thursday that Moscow may resume tomatoes imports from Turkey in small parcels during the winter season when Russian producers are unable to fully cover domestic needs, …
Russia lifts ban on Turkish zucchini, pumpkins and pepper
Russia will lift restrictions on supplies of Turkish Iceberg salad, green leaf lettuce, zucchini, pumpkins and pepper on September 1, Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev said. "This decision was …
No Turkish tomatoes to be allowed in Russia
Russia is not ready to import Turkish tomatoes and does not plan to resume it, the country's Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said. "We are not ready to do it, therefore, of course, we will not do …
Tkachev: Russia's vegetable prices to continue dropping
Russia's vegetable prices started dropping, and this trend will continue, the country's Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said. "The prices will start to decline by the autumn, for vegetables in the …
Russian industrialists want strong ruble
Most (66%) of the Russian industry sector believes that strengthening of the ruble will have a positive impact on their work, annual study of the international consulting company Deloitte shows. According to vice-president of the …
Tkachev: Russia to find substitute for Turkish grain market in maximum 5 months
Russia will find a substitute for Turkey’s grain market in maximum five months, the Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said. "We hope to find new market channels for grain and painlessly find …
Agriculture Ministry: Russia to keep leadership in wheat exports
Russia intends to keep global leadership in wheat exports this agricultural year (July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017), the Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said at the government meeting. Last year, Russia …
Russia becomes global grain superpower as wheat exports explode
It happens four decades after the Soviet Union began to import wheat and maize from the United States to compensate its own harvest
Russia earns more from agriculture than arms sales
One of the results of Russia's food embargo against the EU and a weaker ruble has been a remarkable boom in agriculture
Tkachev: sanctions stimulate agricultural production
Today, a bilateral meeting of the Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev and the head of Kabardino-Balkaria Yuri Kokov was held. They discussed the issues …
Cancellation of duties on wheat: advantages and disadvantages
The Ministry of Agriculture has asked the government to abolish export duties on wheat in the new 2016/17 crop year (from July to June), the letter by Minister of Agriculture Aleksander Tkachev to supervisor of the …
Russian Agriculture Ministry has no plans to cancel product embargo against Turkey
Russia's Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said today that there are no plans to cancel the food embargo against Turkey in the near future. "It is not planned in the short term," he said. …
Halal Expo 2016 summed up in Moscow
The 17th Moscow International Exhibition of the Halal Goods and Services Moscow Halal Expo 2016, which took place in Moscow and was attended by 200 companies from 20 countries and 25 Russian regions, was summed up. The exhibition and Moscow Halal …
Food embargo more beneficial for Russian agriculture than WTO membership
Russian Agriculture Ministry negatively assess WTO membership, and the industry has restored only with the help of Russia's food embargo. Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said Friday that nothing had come of the …
7th Halal Expo 2016 exhibition opens in Moscow
The 7th Moscow international exhibition-forum Moscow Halal Expo-2016 opened in the Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Center in Moscow. "The purpose of the exhibition is the development of Russian brands and halal services, attraction of investments into the domestic halal sector, increasing the share of high-quality and environmentally friendly products in the Russian economy, as well as the implementation of the import substitution program," the organizers of the forum said. The industry forums and round tables for professionals, a cooking show, the Best Halal Product of the Year Award, as well as companies that best match to halal standards will be awarded in the framework of the 'business for business' and 'business for consumers' formats.
