Export duty on Russian wheat to decline
The export duty on Russian wheat will be 652.5 rubles per tonne starting June 11, down 37.5% from 1,023.5 rubles per tonne in the current week, the Russian Agriculture Ministry said.
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Russia and Turkey to discuss grain supplies
Russian and Turkish economy ministries will hold consultations on Russian grain supplies to Turkey soon, the Russian Deputy Economic Development Minister Alexei Gruzdev said on the sidelines of an Arctic forum. …
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 …
Dvorkovich: Russia to increase grain production in ten years
Russia will increase the production of grain both by intensive and extensive means, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said at the World Grain Forum in Sochi. "Now production is within 120 million …
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 …
Russia may become world’s biggest wheat exporter
Wheat exports from Russia are expected to outpace the European Union this year, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which projects that Russia will become the world's top exporter for the first time. Russia’s …
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. …
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.
Russia plans to increase grain and meat supplies to Iran
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation plans to increase supplies of grain and meat to Iran. The proposals will be announced tomorrow in the capital of Iran, where Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev will meet with …
Russian Ministry of Agriculture has no plans to expand list of banned Turkish products
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has no plans to offer new products for inclusion in the list of food, supplies of which are banned in Turkey, the First Deputy Agriculture Minister, Yevgeny Gromyko, said. "We …
Tkachev: agricultural products supplies from Turkey strengthened
The Head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Alexander Tkachev, said that the government has authorized Rosselkhoznadzor to strengthen control over agricultural products and foods supplies …
Tkachev asks for extra 30 billion rubles for agriculture
Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev has said at a meeting on agriculture that it is necessary to allocate additional 30 billion rubles a year during five years in order to close 99% of the …
Russia ends production of genetically modified products
Russia's government has decided against producing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the country's Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said. "Russia decided against the use of GMO in food production," RIA …
Drought won’t prevent us from gathering rich harvest, Tkachev says
"Despite a drought unleashed on 11 regions of Russia, because of which 1.5 billion hectares of farmland has been removed from turnover, this year the country will collect a rich harvest,’’ the head of the Ministry of …