2011.05.16 | NEWS | AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

● Ministry: African swine fever quarantine introduced in Krasnodar Region

● Russia’s United Grain Co sells 1.5 mln tns of fodder grain from fund

● Putin calls for extra measures against fish poaching in Russia

● Putin: Government to start 4 bln rbl agricultural machinery utilization prog in 2012

● Government to decide on lifting grain export ban after harvest

● Russia’s raw sugar imports up 67.7% on year in Jan–Mar

● Russia’s meat imports up 14.4% on year in January–March

● Danone-Unimilk to build 24 mln euro dairy plant in Belarus

● Russia’s Chicken Kingdom net profit falls to 56.3 mln rbl Jan–Mar

● Russia’s Razgulay Group delays 3 bln rbl bond placement until May 11

● Belarus opens tender to identify alcohol importers in 2011

● Belarusian beer export up 130%/yr Jan-Apr to 1.738 mln decaliters

● Belarus’ govt to raise export duty on potash fertilizers 25 euros/tn to 75 euros

● Belarus’ farm produce export up 20%/yr Jan-Apr to $800 mln

● Belarus’ new deal with Danone-Unimilk covers production of 20 dairy products