Almost 100 million hectares of Russia’s farmlands – more than 40% of the total – is…
Topic: agriculture & agricultural machinery
Business news and opportunities in the agricultural and agricultural machinery sectors of Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Central Asia
Russian exporters look to consolidate Middle East foothold with ‘grain hub’
Russia is planning to establish a ‘grain hub’ in the Middle East with the UAE, Egypt,…
US authorities close to approving $43bn Syngenta acquisition
Syngenta acquisition: The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is close to giving ChemChina…
Auchan opens first Tajik hypermarket in ‘revolution’ for food security
France’s international retail group Auchan yesterday opened the very first Tajik hypermarket – and the company’s first…
Germany’s DMK gets go ahead to buy into Russian cheese market
FAS, Russia’s state-owned anti-monopoly watchdog has given German dairy producer DMK Deutsches Milchkontor the green light to acquire…
Iranian exports to Russia to soar as Tehran bids to take over from Ankara
Iranian exports to Russia: Iran plans to increase its exports to Russia from $500m to $2bn in…
Tajikistan becomes latest customer for Iranian gas oil
Iranian gas oil: Iran has begun exporting gas oil export to Tajikistan for the first time, making the…
Russia looks to set up ‘green corridor’ for Iranian agribusiness
Moscow has given the go-ahead to four Iranian agribusiness exporters to start supplying Russia with milk dairy products…
Russia aiming to double Pacific Rim agricultural exports by 2020
Pacific Rim agricultural exports: Despite experiencing growing food shortages and price inflation at home due to the embargoes…
Russian sanctions could cost Turkey $9bn, says deputy PM
Russian sanctions could cost the Turkish economy as much as $9bn, the country’s deputy prime minister Mehmed…
China to invest $1.7bn in East Kazakhstan farming
A delegation of Kazakh businessmen and women led by East Kazakhstan’s Governor Danial Akhmetove last week signed seven business agreements…
Russia slaps food embargo on Ukraine for FTA with EU
The Russian government has decided to impose a food embargo on Ukraine following Kiev’s decision to…
Vietnamese dairy producer to build $2.7bn complex in Moscow
Vietnamese dairy producer TH Food Chain has announced that it is to build a $2.7bn complex…
Farmers plan EU demo as Russian food ban costs put at €5.5bn
With the cost of the Russian food ban being estimated at around €5.5bn, European farmers have announced that they…
Sberbank lends Cherkizovo $250m to boost pork production
The Russian meat producing Cherkizovo Group has received a $250 million loan from the state-run Sberbank to build a string…
Trans-Baikal signs 49-year agricultural land lease deal with Chinese investors
Authorities in Russia’s Trans-Baikal region in eastern Siberia have granted China’s Zoje Resources Investment and its…
Russia turns back Central Asian fruit imports at border
Central Asian fruit imports: Russia’s watchdog Rosselhoznadzor turned backed 11 trucks carrying 205 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables from…
Agriculture Ministry considers free leases for investors in Russian farmland
With around 28% – about 56m ha – of Russian farmland not being used for its…
China agrees to underwrite $2bn agricultural investment fund with Russia
$2bn Agricultural investment fund: Russia and China have agreed to set up a $2bn investment fund specialising in agricultural…
Moscow considers relaxing ban on Greek, Hungarian and Cypriot food imports
Food imports: Following a visit to 37 agribusinesses in Greece, Cyprus and Hungary by a team…
Nazarbayev turns attention to Kazakh land privatisation programme
Kazakh land privatisation was “a very acute and important” issue, President Nursultan Nazarbayev yesterday told the…
Putin appoints new agriculture chief to take advantage of EU food import ban
Putin appoints new agriculture chief: Alexander Tkachyov, currently governor of grain-growing Krasnodar Krai, has been chosen to…
Russia accuses Belarus of helping West beat Russian food import ban
Russia accuses Belarus: Russia’s food watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor is claiming that Belarussian companies are helping EU and…
Kuban Agroholding in talks with Chinese and Arab investors
Kuban Agroholding is in talks with Chinese and Arab strategic investors and funds about the sale of a…