ROBOTS ET HUMANOÏDES

Ukraine’s thriving grain industry outstrips the capacity of its railway system. While the country exports two-thirds of its grain, further expansion relies on state railroad monopoly Ukrzaliznytsya, which hauls crops from fields to Black Sea ports.

Russia’s agricultural quarantine authorities flagged two potato shipments imported from Egypt that were found to be contaminated with potato brown rot.

Russia’s wheat stockpiles are set to swell to the highest levels since at least Soviet times, keeping its prices low in a blow to European Union rivals hoping their exports will be able to compete against Black Sea grain in the months ahead.

Russia's exports of agricultural produce and foods surged 16-folds as compared to 2000, according to the president

Russia builds up import of Turkish agricultural products, Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said. 

Food exports from Russia, dominated by wheat and fish, soared to a record $19 billion last year, according to the Russian Export Center.

The surge of wheat exports from Black Sea producers into global grain markets isn’t new, but most Prairie farmers may not appreciate just how strong they’ve become. The Black Sea troika of wheat producers used to be minnows — now they’re giants and still growing. 

Today, Russia’s economy has stabilized, inflation is at historic lows, and the budget is nearly balanced. How did Vladimir Putin survive the twin challenges of the oil price crash and Western sanctions?

Le pouvoir d'achat continue cependant à baisser pour la quatrième année consécutive.

Defining the legal status of the Caspian Sea by its littoral countries — Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan — has been a pending issue since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Russia has exceeded expectations both in terms of growth and low inflation.

Shifting geopolitical dynamics, especially the rise of China, spell trouble for this long-standing relationship.

Dans la région de Nijni-Novgorod, deux Moscovites ont construit une ferme où ils proposent aux citadins d’acheter et d’élever des animaux, le tout sans quitter leur domicile. Le projet rappelle des jeux comme FarmVille, à une différence près : les propriétaires peuvent ensuite consommer la viande de leurs animaux

The recent boost in Russian agriculture has made food sales abroad much more profitable for the country than exports of military weapons, according to President Vladimir Putin.

Le président russe Vladimir Poutine s’est félicité lundi, à quelques jours de la présidentielle, d’avoir fait de l’agriculture une « locomotive » pour l’économie russe avec une forte hausse de sa production favorisée selon lui par les échanges de sanctions avec les Occidentaux.

En quelques années, la Russie est redevenue un mastodonte de la production de blé. Après avoir doublé sa production en cinq ans pour atteindre son record historique en 2017 avec 84 Mt, l’ambition russe pourrait s’élever à 120 Mt. Pour les producteurs français, l’origine russe et sa possible influence sur les marchés seront durablement à surveiller.

According to preliminary information of the regional agricultural authorities, 2018 plantings will total 80.4 Ml ha that is up 187.4 Th ha from 2017 (80.2 Ml ha).

6 février 2018. 

UkrAgroConsult

The West’s sanctions imposed on Russia have had an economic and political impact, the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service has said in a report.

Vladimir Putin was first elected as Russian President in 2000. Here’s how the Russian economy has transformed in the intervening years by numbers.