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Third of Russian grain crop destroyed by drought - Agriculture Ministry

Third of Russian grain crop destroyed by drought

18:58 12/10/2010

This summer's severe drought and forest fires destroyed 13.3 million hectares of the country's grain crop, the Russian Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday.

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Kazakhstan has banned the export of vegetable oil and buckwheat until March 2011, the country's trade ministry said on Wednesday.
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11:24 22/09/2010
The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has ordered one of the country's top dairy producers, Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD) to cut prices, after discovering that it overpriced its goods in Siberia's Novosibirsk region, the FAS said on Wednesday.
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Russian watchdog finds Wimm-Bill-Dann's subsidiary guilty of price fixing
14:32 20/09/2010
Russia's anti-monopoly watchdog said on Monday it had found Manros-M, a subsidiary of Russia's top dairy producer Wimm-Bill-Dann in the Omsk region in west Siberia, guilty of price-fixing.
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President Medvedev personally checks prices in food stores and markets
17:53 03/09/2010
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11:49 03/09/2010
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11:49 03/09/2010
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Russia may lift grain export ban after next year's harvest
17:03 02/09/2010
Russia may consider lifting a grain export ban only after harvesting 2011's crops, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
No threat of food shortages, price hikes caused by speculation - Medvedev
16:41 02/09/2010
There is no threat of food shortages in the wake of Russia's devastating drought, and all price hikes are caused by speculators, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
Medvedev orders crackdown on price gougers (update 1)
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Russian government agencies must clamp down on food speculators, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
Medvedev orders Russian law enforcement to deal with price gougers
14:39 02/09/2010
The Russian law enforcement authorities as well as the antimonopoly watchdog must deal with speculators, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
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Russian government partially lifts grain export ban
12:17 01/09/2010
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The Russian government can legally implement price caps on flour, wheat, buckwheat and salt in 45 regions since the prices of the foodstuffs have increased by 30 percent in the past four weeks, Russian business daily Vedemosti said on Tuesday.
Russian ban on grain export has intended effect
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21:02 25/08/2010
The Ukrainian government will not limit grain exports despite earlier warnings, Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Slauta said on Wednesday.
Russian retailers complain to govt about wholesale food price hikes
11:07 24/08/2010
Russia's largest grocery retailers have appealed to the Federal Antimonopoly Service and a government working group over what they say are unjustified and excessive cases of wholesale food price hikes.
Russian grain growers call for loan interest moratorium
15:26 23/08/2010
The Russian authorities should introduce a moratorium on loan interest payments by agribusiness affected by the worst drought in decades, the President of the National Union of Grain Producers said on Monday.
United Russia to monitor food prices in Russian regions - lawmaker
15:05 19/08/2010
Russia's ruling party, United Russia, will monitor food prices in the country's regions, a party leader said on Thursday.
Russia may have to import 5m tons of grain in 2010-2011
09:26 19/08/2010
Russia may have to import more than 5 million tons of grain in 2010-2011, Russian business daily Vedomosti quoted on Thursday a source close to the Agriculture Ministry as saying.
Russia's upper house chairman calls for action in regions over food price surges
16:50 18/08/2010
The chairman of Russia's upper house of parliament called on regional authorities on Wednesday to react quickly to food price inflation caused by the record heatwave and drought.
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05:19 16/08/2010
Russia will retain leading positions on the world grain market despite a ban on grain export until the end of the year.
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04:03 15/08/2010
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday backed the Federal Antimonopoly Service's proposal to create a grain exchange.
Putin backs plan for grain exchange
13:56 13/08/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has backed the the Federal Antimonopoly Service's proposal to create a grain exchange.
Russia can afford export of only 2-4.5 mln tons of grain this year says ministry
15:50 12/08/2010
Russia can afford to export no more than 4.5 million tons of grain this agricultural year due to the severe drought that has hit the country, the Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday.
Prosecutors, antitrust service to fight grain price fixing
15:40 12/08/2010
Russia's Prosecutor General's Office ordered prosecutors to work together with the Federal Antimonopoly Service against collusion over fixing grain prices, spokeswoman Marina Gridneva said on Thursday.
World grain exporters and importers
13:21 12/08/2010
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12:38 11/08/2010
London-listed Novorossiysk commercial sea port on the Black Sea may lose up to $40 million over a ban on grain exports imposed by the Russian government from August 15 to December 31 in response to the country's worst drought in decades, business paper Kommersant reported on Wednesday.
U.S. to replace Russia on grain market during export ban - minister
10:52 11/08/2010
The United States, the world's largest grain exporter, will act as a substitute for Russia on the world grain market when an export embargo comes into force on August 15, Russian Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik told Ekho Moskvy radio station.
Russia may resume grain exports after October 1
17:09 10/08/2010
Russia may revise its ban on grain exports after October 1, when the size of the harvest volumes becomes clearer, the government said on Tuesday after informing Egypt, Turkey and Israel.
Russia's Grain Union asks government to lift flour export ban
12:29 10/08/2010
The Russian Grain Union has urged the government to lift a temporary ban on flour exports imposed last week as part of a grain product export ban in response to the country's worst drought in decades, the union's spokesman Anton Shaparin said on Tuesday.
Russian grain harvest could fall 38% y-o-y - Putin
20:16 09/08/2010
Russia's grain harvest in 2010 may total just 60 million metric tons, or 38% less than last year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a government presidium meeting.
Russia may revise ban on exports of grain after crop harvest
17:38 06/08/2010
Russia may revise a ban on exports of grain after the crop is harvested, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told Ekho Moskvy radio station on Friday.
Russia bans grain exports because of fire and drought, sending prices soaring
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A severe drought and wildfires have destroyed one-fifth of Russia's crop and forced the country to draw from emergency reserves. Internationally, wheat prices have increased nearly 50 percent since June, fueling worries about a repeat of the food crisis in 2008 that triggered riots from Bangladesh to Haiti to Mozambique.
Russia to ask Kazakhstan, Belarus to freeze grain exports (update 1)
20:09 05/08/2010
Moscow has moved to request that Kazakhstan and Belarus suspend grain exports due to the worsening drought, the Russian government said on Thursday.
Russia to ask Kazakhstan, Belarus to freeze grain exports
17:53 05/08/2010
Moscow is to request Kazakhstan and Belarus to suspend grain exports due to the worsening drought, the Russian government said on Thursday.
Russia to ban exports of grain, grain products from August 15
16:02 05/08/2010
Russia will temporarily ban exports of grain and grain products due to the worsening drought, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
Government to delay grain intervention sales until autumn
13:21 05/08/2010
The Russian Agriculture Ministry has postponed any intervention on the grain market until the end of the harvest season in late October and early November, Russia's state grain trader said.
Russia will not restrict grain exports
12:30 03/08/2010
Russia does not plan to restrict grain exports despite the million hectares of crops that have been destroyed by the worst drought to hit the country in decades, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday.
Russia's grain harvest may fall 26 pct in 2010 due to drought
14:07 02/08/2010
Russia's grain harvest may fall 20-26 percent to 72-78 million tons in 2010 as Russia suffers its worst drought in decades, Russian Grain Union President Arkady Zlochevsky said on Monday.
Russian government to start selling grain from intervention fund to regions
13:17 30/07/2010
Russia's Agriculture Ministry will soon start selling grain from its intervention fund to the regions which have suffered most from the ongoing drought, the head of the ministry's crop production and plant protection department said on Friday.
Russia's heat wave no cause for grain deficit, higher bread prices - Grain Union
15:04 12/07/2010
The abnormal hot and dry weather in Russia will not cause a grain deficit and bread price growth in the central regions of the country as the harvest will ensure all domestic and export needs, Russia's Grain Union president said on Monday.

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Russia accounts for 10% of all cultivable soils. More than 50% of grain production falls on winter and spring wheat

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