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Switzerland subsidises eggs

  • Tuesday, 23 April 2013
  • raw materials
The Swiss federal government subsidises egg producers with up to CHF 2m (around EUR 1.65m) of taxpayers’ money each year because the Swiss consume considerably more eggs at Easter and Christmas then the average over the whole year. Anything not use...Read more …

Ukraine exports more than 19m t of cereals

  • Monday, 22 April 2013
  • raw materials
According to the Ukrainian Ministry for Agricultural Policy and Food, the Ukraine has already exported 19.5m tons of cereals in the current financial year (status: 30th March 2013). The Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk explained tha...Read more …

Ukraine: keeping stable grain prices

  • Thursday, 3 January 2013
  • raw materials
A meeting of the Cabinet Ministers from the Ukraine on 26th December 2012 adopted a resolution to extend the supply of flour from the state intervention fund to bakeries in amounts approved for the relevant years. According to the news site www.4-tra...Read more …

The Ukraine intends to export 20–21m t of cereals

  • Tuesday, 7 August 2012
  • raw materials
According to an announcement by Mykola Prysyazhnyuk, the Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, the Ukraine is in a position to export 20–21m t of cereals in this business year. According to the Minister, this amount is based on a carry-fo...Read more …

Qatar to buy agricultural area in Australia

  • Wednesday, 21 December 2011
  • raw materials
According to a report from the International Grain Council, the Arabian state of Qatar is providing a budget of AUD 484m (approx. EUR 367.6m) to acquire 186,000 ha of farmland in Australia. The purchaser is the state-owned company Hassad, which has b...Read more …

Ukraine offers the creation of a global grain reserve

  • Thursday, 25 August 2011
  • raw materials
The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food from the Ukraine Mykola Prysyazhnyuk commented that his country had initiated the creation of the world´s grain reserve under the auspices of the United Nations. He goes on to say that the Ukraine would take ...Read more …

BENEO announces price increase for sugar replacer Isomalt

  • Monday, 20 June 2011
  • raw materials
BENEO, one of the leading manufacturers of functional ingredients, announces today the increase in price of its ISOMALT. The list price will be increased by 20% globally.  Jens Böhm, Commercial Managing Director, BENEO-Palatinit, explains furt...Read more …

European yeast producers appalled by EU sugar policy

  • Friday, 17 June 2011
  • raw materials
Currently, on the European sugar market, there are signs of a shortage of sugar, molasses and subsidized industrial sugar. The Confederation of EU Yeast Producers (COFALEC) has been critical of the EU Commission for recently taking 500,000 t of indus...Read more …

Russia to lift grain export ban

  • Friday, 17 June 2011
  • raw materials
Russia is to lift a ban on exporting grain from 1st July 2011, as announced by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The export ban was put into place on 15th August last year following an unprecedented drought and the widespread outbreak of wildfires. Mill...Read more …

Kampffmeyer: Growing demand for natural grain products in Eastern Europe

  • Thursday, 9 June 2011
  • raw materials
The Kampffmeyer Food Innovation GmbH Company from Hamburg, Germany, has strengthened its position on Eastern European markets by being present with a subsidiary in Poland for approximately two years. During this time, the amount of tonnage sold has i...Read more …