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 Iran, Russia and Kazakhstan are making progress on organising finance for a long-planned wheat deal that could double or triple supplies to Iran, the secretary general of Iran's Federation of Food Industry Associations said.

Trading house Agrocorp secured a tender to supply 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh after submitting the lowest offer of $294.95 a tonne, including CIF liner out, two officials with the state grains buyer said on Tuesday.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on Monday that agricultural sector continues to be a main locomotive of the Ukrainian economy, according to a government press service.

The promise of Siberian agriculture for Asia's growing demand for food.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Tax Service have seized documents at a number of Russian agricultural holdings due to possible tax evasion, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a source familiar with situation.The checks relate to possible evasion of value-added tax (VAT) and a potential breach of an agreement reached by Russian grain farmers and traders with authorities in 2017.

Russian authorities have started inspections of the country’s top agricultural companies, including Ros Agro Plc units and Cherkizovo Group PJSC suppliers.

Russian relations with Europe are part of a complicated story rooted in military, economic and often ideological realms. Both entities have for centuries tried to find a modus vivendi, but have so far failed. One compromise suggested for Europe and Russia was an economic space stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok – the space characterized by a unified economy, political understanding and even deep military cooperation.

Russia is considering sending 50,000 tonnes of wheat in humanitarian aid to North Korea to help it cope with natural disasters, the Interfax news agency cited senior Russian lawmaker Konstantin Kosachev.

The president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, paid a state visit to Belarus, as part of his four-country Eurasian tour. Besides Minsk, the Zimbabwean delegation landed in Moscow, Almaty and Baku. The African continent is not a new destination for Belarusian goods.

Russian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Luth said on Monday that Russia had begun exporting poultry products to China, while dairy product exports could start in the middle of the year.

Russia’s agriculture ministry will set up a new grain exporters’ union to better understand the needs of the market, it said on Monday after its routine meeting with local grain traders.

Russia's government has told Brazil it may restrict soybean imports from the country temporarily if producers do not reduce their volume of pesticide use, especially of products using glyphosate.

For more than 30 years, Joe Peiffer has worked as a lawyer looking after farmers in Iowa, in the heart of the US corn belt.

Meat producer Cherkizovo and farming conglomerate Rusagro were among agricultural firms across Russia targeted in a sweeping investigation into suspected tax evasion on Wednesday.

Poland is rarely an advocate of moves that might help Moscow. But as its farmers suffer from EU sanctions against Russia and fear incoming agribusiness, Putin's anti-sanctions coalition has garnered an unlikely ally.

Moscow-based iFarm Project has raised a $1 million round led by Gagarin Capital in support of their urban farming technologies. The iFarm Project’s fully automated vertical farms and year-round greenhouses enable fresh produce to be grown directly in the city, close to consumers.

The ministries of agriculture of Iran, Russia and Kazakhstan have concluded a trilateral memorandum of understanding on the issue of wheat trade.

Meat producer Cherkizovo and farming conglomerate Rusagro were among agricultural firms across Russia targeted in a sweeping investigation into suspected tax evasion on Wednesday.

Almost a month has passed since the inauguration of the new President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro. He and his team are not new to Brazil’s national politics; during their careers, they have made quite a few statements about the country’s place in the world and their vision of the development of Brazil’s relations with its key partners. Still, very few political observers (and maybe even members of the new cabinet) understand what Brazil’s foreign policy will be over the next four years.

The loading of the first vessel that will transport fruit of the Upper Rio Negro Valley to Russia marked the beginning of the port's 2019 export season.

Russian food supplies, including grain, fish and seafood, increased 30%, in 2018, to $385 million, the minister of agriculture said during a meeting at the recent 84th International Green Week in Berlin, Germany. The total turnover of agricultural products between the countries last year increased by more than 30%, to $430 million.

Russia's agriculture ministry will set up a new grain exporters' union to better understand the needs of the market, it said on Monday after its routine meeting with local grain traders.Traders interpreted it as a result of the close attention with which Russian officials have been monitoring how big exporters are faring given a lower 2018 crop since September.

Good European wheat stocks are expected to limit any upside in Russian and global wheat market prices around Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to sources.