agricultural analytics

Last Thursday, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) released import statistics for December, completing data collection for 2023. Total grain imports for the year increased to 162 million tons, an increase of 12% compared to 2022 and the second after the record 164,5 million tons in 2021. The value of grain imports for 2023 was 82,3…

Local olive oil stocks in Europe are almost depleted and further shortages are expected after extreme weather damaged the second year's crop. Heat waves around the Mediterranean have damaged crops and forced growers to import from South America. The world's largest producer said it had to import supplies from South America to meet demand. "It's almost...

For more than 50 years, US farmers have dominated the international corn market, exporting more corn than any other country, UkrAgroConsult reports, citing Bloomberg. In the agricultural year 2022/23, which ended on August 31, the USA gave up the lead in corn exports to Brazil and will probably never regain it again. According to the USDA, the USA in the…

The world is facing a new temperature record on July 3, 2023, the hottest day in history, indicating that the consequence of climate change is an increase in global temperatures, UkrAgroConsult reports citing Bloomberg. Heat waves are also becoming more frequent and severe. The key factor is humidity. In 2022, when India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka…

Everyone on the flour market is in the red this season, both Kazakh grain processors and their main buyers in Central Asia. The reason is the falling wheat prices. That is, the Mukomolys bought grain at 120 thousand tenge/ton in the fall, and now they have to sell flour at 115-110 thousand tenge/ton. This is a disadvantage for them. The same goes for buyers…

Sugar prices in Europe have increased by 61% compared to last year. The reason for this was the suspension of the exemptions for seeds treated with neonicotinoids by the EU Court of Justice. Beet growers could be forced out of business if the EU goes ahead with plans to reduce pesticide use, as yield losses could wipe out farmers' profit margins, reports Food Ingredients...

Ukraine is the main supplier of sunflower seeds, sunflower oil for the European market, writes Lanțul Alimentar. Between July 1, 2022 and May 28, 2023, the European Union imported 1.808.056 tons of sunflower seeds from Ukraine, compared to 198.071 tons in the same period last year. Moldova lost first place In percentage terms, imports from Ukraine account for 84,4% of the total…

Given the drought that has hit the industry the most in recent years, olive oil production in the EU is expected to decline significantly. At the same time, other market participants – Turkey, Tunisia, Morocco and Syria – aim to replace the European product, but the quality of oil from these regions still raises some doubts among consumers.…

Although global food prices have fallen for the last nine months in a row, they remain at record levels 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 hungry people is increasing. Against this background, Russia's role in ensuring global food security will be strengthened. The prices of basic foods are…

Global wheat harvests are falling. Currently the total is 780,59 million tonnes, which is 2 million tonnes lower than forecast in November. The leading countries (Argentina, Australia, Canada, the EU, Russia and Ukraine) will collect a total of only 328,72 million tons of wheat against the planned 330,8 million tons. Will the current situation affect the agricultural market in Russia, the cost of grain in…

Later threshing of soya and sunflowers has reduced the sowing of winter crops, meaning the area under spring crops is increased. The cost of transporting corn does not make it economically attractive, so a reduction in their areas is predicted. The western regions are relying on an increase in soy, the southern ones are sunflower, the central ones are increasing both crops.…

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 ZusaMeasurement and soil condition of Cognitive Soil Analyzer and its promotion in domestic and foreign markets announced. The Cognitive Pilot won the Russian Ministry of Trade competition for the development of the project…

December 5th is World Soil Day, and on this day the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reminded us that 95% of the food we consume comes directly or indirectly from our soils. Even artificial meat grown from pea protein requires no less soil nutrients than wheat or potatoes. However, when the soil degrades quickly, our nutrition loses...

Global corn production is expected to fall from 2022 to 23 billion tonnes in 1,217/1,168 compared to the previous season, but will exceed 2020 billion tonnes in the 21/1,13 season. However, the delay in the corn harvest in Ukraine and sowing in Argentina due to drought may soon lead to an adjustment in forecasts. The December USDA report highlights crop evaluation for...

Increasing agricultural productivity helps farmers meet the food needs of the world's growing population while using relatively fewer resources. One of the most informative indicators of agricultural productivity is general factor productivity (factor productivity), which shows the efficiency with which agricultural resources are combined to produce products. Unlike single-factor performance indicators, such as B. Yield per…

The expansion of foreign sales markets for agricultural products in Kazakhstan, from 3,5 billion US dollars in 2021 to 9,9 billion US dollars in 2030, is, in addition to securing one's own food at home, at least 80% priority, tripling of productivity, quadrupling investment and reducing the share of the shadow economy in agriculture, forestry and fishing to 0,5% of…

According to recent estimates from the UN-FAO and national statistical offices, global linseed oil production fell by 2021% to 3,8 thousand tons in 792,9. In previous years, global linseed oil production grew by 2019% in 2,6 and by 2020% in 2,4. In 2020, production reached a historic high of 824,2 thousand tons. The main reason for the growth was the increase…

Prolonged dry conditions in Northern Hemisphere countries have led the FAO to significantly reduce forecast grain production for 2022. Estimated global grain production is estimated at 2022 million tonnes in 2, up from a forecast of 774 million tonnes previously published in July. Now a decline of 17,2 percent (1,4…

The most important achievement of last 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 larger than the growth dynamics of 2020 (8,2%). At the same time, according to Rosstat, there was a decline in real production last year: the index for production…

Authorities report record grain profits from the current harvest. Russia's statistics agency Rosstat reports that more than 150 million tons of grain were collected, compared to the Agriculture Ministry's forecast of 140 million tons. This could be an all-time record. At the same time, progress in the export of processed agricultural raw materials is much more modest. The export of flour from Russia is more…