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16.12.2015 10:00:58
Goodbye glucose, hello xylose. The X-Factor in the advanced bioeconomy might just be a sugar that starts with an X.
11.11.2015 10:06:00
Air Products recently made delivery of its 40th PRISM Hydrogen Generator, which provides economical on-site gas production for a broad range of supply requirements. The latest order, received from Biotechnological complex-ROSVA, a biorefinery for the processing of grain and production of sorbitol in Russia, involves the installation of two 250- -cubic-meters-per-hour hydrogen generators, which will be used for hydrogenation in their manufacturing process.
26.10.2015 12:28:58
Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachev declared that grain production by the results of the current year exceeds the requirements of the country. In the presidential meeting on the development of agriculture Tkachev made the following prediction: "This year will be provide food security for grain on 142%, vegetable oil - 146%, potatoes - 99%, sugar - 95%, open type vegetables - 88%" . The Minister said, that within 8 months, the growth of agricultural production was approximately 2%.
20.10.2015 09:36:55
As global tensions increase over Syria and Ukraine, it's hard to imagine a future where Russia and Europe are friends rather than foes - but the oil and agriculture sectors could help do just that.
20.10.2015 09:35:36
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Russia's harvesting of the 2015 cereal crops is virtually completed and aggregate output is estimated at 100.9 million tonnes, slightly below the 2014 bumper production but almost 22% above the five-year average, according to a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations report issued on Sept. 29. Wheat output remained unchanged from the 2014 bumper level, with an increase in harvested area offsetting slightly lower yields achieved this year. For barley, however, with virtually no change in area, lower yields resulted in a significant 15% reduction in output. By contrast, maize production increased by 15% to 13 million tonnes as a result of increased plantings and better yields the FAO reported.
20.10.2015 09:32:01
As of October 02, farmers harvested 96.3 MMT of grain from 39.9 Ml ha. The average yield was 2.41 MT/ha.
20.10.2015 09:24:02
rcher Daniels Midland Company ADM, +0.02% today announced an agreement to purchase several assets of Eaststarch C.V., ADM's 50-50 joint venture with Tate & Lyle (TATE). Under the terms of the agreement, ADM will take full ownership of corn wet mills in Bulgaria and Turkey, and will own a 50 percent stake in a wet mill in Hungary. Tate & Lyle will receive a cash consideration of €240 million, subject to customary closing adjustments, including for net cash and working capital, and take full ownership of the Eaststarch facility in Slovakia.
20.10.2015 09:21:23
The costs of the construction of the feed lysine plant in the Ishimsky area of the Tumen Oblast in Russia have increased by 35%, to US$ 100 million. International trade sanctions against Russia and devaluation of the Russian ruble are responsible for the exploding costs.
20.10.2015 09:20:00
Victories are to be celebrated and for the future of healthy life on our planet we all can celebrate a beautiful victory. The world's largest nation, the Russian Federation, whose landmass spans Eurasia from the Baltic and Ukraine on the west to Vladivostock and the Pacific on her east, has formally declared all commercial planting of Genetically Modified Organisms, GMOs, to be prohibited.
01.06.2015 08:23:17
1 June 2015 - Russia approved the launch of a new wheat export tax from July 1, which traders say could threaten profits on advance contracts for the new crop if the rouble weakens in coining months.
