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A trend toward using high-forage diets to help lower feed costs is continuing among northeastern US dairies, say two researchers who have studied the practice. Diets containing more than 55-60% forag...

Oil palm is known for many things. Cooking oils, cosmetics, oleochemicals and biodiesels are what most people will come up with, if you ask them how the crop is used after harvesting. Save for people...

According to the official statistics data, in January 2014 maize exports from Ukraine to China totaled 190.4 thsd tonnes, an increase of 75% compared with the index of November 2013, which became the...

The Government of Russia may take the decision to stop the current grain purchasing interventions in the country in the nearest days, declared Nikolai Fedorov, Minister of Agriculture of the Russian F...

In the current year Crimean agrarians plan to plant spring crops throughout the areas of 173.6 thsd ha, declared the press-service of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on F...

Farmers cannot receive monthly state aid funds provided by the budget for the development of livestock while the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine is seized. Thus, if the situation is no...

The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia forecasted that in the current year the losses of winter crops areas will not exceed the level of 5% of the general planted areas (14.7 mln ha), declared Nikolai...

According to the market operators, in December 2013 the imports of maize to China totaled 0.82 mln tonnes, which significantly exceeded the results of the same period in 2012 (266 thsd tonnes). Thus,...

Price trends at the raw milk market changes from increasing to decreasing. It is reported by the analytical department of Dykun Company. As of January 14, purchase prices for milk of the highest qual...

In Ukraine, as of January 1, there are 4 694.2 thousand head of cattle, which is 1.0% more than at the same date last year. It is reported by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Most of the catt...