agriculture in Russia

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Russian grain price falls due to Turkish factor

Russian grain price falls due to Turkish factor

Russian grain fell in price by 5% from 11,850 rubles to 11,300 rubles per ton during the period November 24-December 7. The Director of the Institute for Conjuncture of the Agrarian Market, Dmitry ...

50% increase in Stavropol corn harvest

50% increase in Stavropol corn harvest

Harvesting of corn and sunflower seeds has ended in Stavropol Territory, the website of the regional Ministry of Agriculture reported. 812.6 thousand tons of corn were harvested, with an average yield of 41 kg/ha and more than 407.6 …

Coriander and wheat to replace rice in Crimea

Coriander and wheat to replace rice in Crimea

Crimean enterprises which previously grew rice, have begun growing wheat and coriander after Ukraine cut off the North Crimean channel. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic, Vitaly Polishchuk. …

Russian government to promote produce of North Caucasus

Russian government to promote produce of North Caucasus

The Russian government has instructed the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of the Caucasus and the Ministry of Industry to develop a plan to promote the agricultural products of the North Caucasus region in Russia's leading retail …

Russia thinking about destruction of sanctions products

Russia thinking about destruction of sanctions products

The Russian president has ordered the government to come up with a plan for destroying foods from the countries on the counter-sanctions list. The Russian Minister of Agriculture, Alexander Tkachev, asked the head of state to allow the …

Russian senator discusses agricultural developments in Russia

Russian senator discusses agricultural developments in Russia

Irina Gekht, deputy head of Russia's Federation Council Committee for Agricultural and Food Policy and Management of Nature, a senator of the Chelyabinsk Oblast, has talked about agricultural development in Russia at the Tribune broadcast. The senator noted that one of the problems with agricultural land in Russia was its nonexploitation. Together with senator of the Smolensk Oblast Anatoly Mishnev, she proposed to reduce the terms of recognition of land as nonexploited from three to two years.

Dagestan to build agricultural logistical centers

Dagestan to build agricultural logistical centers

Dagestan will build logistical centers for agricultural products with a capacity of 253,000 tons by 2017. It will construct logistical centers in the Karabudakhkentsky (20,000 tons and 153,000 tons) and the Kizlyarsky (60,000 tons) Districts. The …