
With the drought that has hit the industry the hardest in recent years, EU olive oil production is expected to fall significantly. At the same time, other market players – Turkey, Tunisia, Morocco and Syria – aim to replace the European product, but the quality of the oil from…
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Global food prices, while falling for the past nine straight months, have remained record-breaking for several decades. And the light at the end of the tunnel is not visible - on the contrary, production is falling and the number of starving people is increasing. Against this background, the role of Russia in the…
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Global wheat harvest levels are falling. Currently, the total value is 780,59 million tons, which is 2 million tons lower than forecast in November. The leading countries (Argentina, Australia, Canada, the EU, Russia and Ukraine) will collect a total of just 328,72 million tons of wheat against the planned 330,8 million tons. Will the…
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Later threshing of soybeans and sunflowers has reduced the sowing of winter crops, which means that the area under spring crops is increased. The cost of transporting corn does not make it economically interesting, so a reduction in their areas is predicted. The western regions are banking on an increase in…
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Developer of AI systems for robotic agricultural machines The company Cognitive Pilot (a subsidiary of Sbera and Cognitive Technologies) has launched a project to develop a complex for agronomic analysis of composition and soil condition of Cognitive Soil Analyzer and its promotion on domestic and announced in foreign markets. The Cognitive Pilot won…
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December 5th is World Soil Day and on this day the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has reminded that 95% of the food we consume comes directly or indirectly from our soils. Even artificial meat grown from pea protein requires no fewer soil nutrients than wheat or potatoes.…
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World corn production is expected to decrease in 2022/23 from 1,217 to 1,168 billion tons compared to the previous season, but will exceed 2020 billion tons in the 21/1,13 season. However, the delay in corn harvest in Ukraine and sowing in Argentina due to drought could soon lead to a…
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Increasing agricultural productivity helps farmers meet the food needs of the growing world population while using relatively fewer resources. One of the most informative indicators of agricultural productivity is overall factor productivity (factor productivity), which shows the efficiency with which agricultural resources are combined to produce products. In contrast…
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Expanding foreign markets for agricultural products in Kazakhstan, from US$3,5 billion in 2021 to US$9,9 billion in 2030, along with securing domestic food at home, has at least an 80% priority, tripling of productivity, the quadrupling of investments and the reduction of the share of…
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According to the latest estimates by the UN-FAO and national statistical offices, the world production of linseed oil in 2021 fell by 3,8% to 792,9 thousand tons. In previous years, world linseed oil production grew by 2019% in 2,6 and by 2020% in 2,4. In 2020, production reached an all-time high of 824,2…
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Persistent dry conditions in Northern Hemisphere countries have caused the FAO to significantly lower forecast grain production for 2022. Estimated global grain production is estimated at 2022 2 million tonnes in 774, up from a forecast of 17,2 million tonnes previously announced in July.
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The main achievement of the past year for Russian agriculture is the record amount of added value produced. The Ministry of Agriculture claims that in 2021 it increased by 23% to 4,4 trillion rubles, which is significantly higher than the growth momentum of 2020 (8,2%). At the same time, according to Rosstat, over the past year…
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Authorities are reporting record grain gains from the current crop. Russia's statistics agency Rosstat reports that more than 150 million tons of grain were collected, against a forecast by the Ministry of Agriculture of 140 million tons. This could be an absolute record. At the same time, advances in the export of processed agricultural commodities…
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