2012.08.13 | NEWS | AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

● Belarus’ Grodno Azot reports fertilizer output up 5.2%/yr in Jan-Jun

● Russia’s Donskoi Tabak to transfer sales chain to Chinese co

● Russia’s Agriculture Ministry wants state support for wine

● Belarus updates excise rates for alcohol, petrol, diesel

● Belarus opens tender to identify alcohol importers in 2013

● Russia set to raise beer excise rates, needs approval of Belarus, Kazakhstan

● Belarusbank gets reimbursement for losses on export credit for Belarus’ sugar refineries

● Experts: Russian sugar plants to raise capacities 5% in 2012

● Russian fisheries’ yield declines 1.6% from year start to Tuesday

● Russia lifts limits on pig imports from Czech Republic

● Swine fever scare: Belarus’ vets to scan farm imports from Russia

● Official: Russian govt may set fedl program against swine fever

● Watchdog: Russia’s Kursk Region may see new swine fever outbreaks

● Russia’s Krasnodar Reg declares emergency state on swine fever

● Swine fever: Belarus restricts import, transit of live pigs from Ukraine’s Zaporizhia

● Russia’s Rusagro to invest $1 bln in Samara Region farms by 2016

● Russia’s Cherkizovo Group poultry sales grows 34% in Jan–Jun

● Russia’s Miratorg to raise pork output 67% in 2012 to 281,000 tns

● Watchdog: Russia may tighten restrictions on EU meat imports

● Russian watchdog: two Belarusian manufacturers may face pollution probe

● Ukraine bans dairy imports from Belarus’ Bellakt

● Belarus’ dairy industry gets supplementary funding

● Belarus to invest $22m in canning industry development in 2012-2015

● Russian watchdog to tighten control over Dutch vegetable imports

● Russia may raise poultry output 10.3% to 3.5 mln tns in 2012

● Russian watchdog bans on 2 Ukrainian firms from importing goods

● Belarus raises grain procurement prices 15-30%

● Russia’s grain prices rise in affected zones, stand still in center

● Russian co to launch 7 bln rbl Rostov Reg grain processing plant

● Official: Russian govt to take steps to prevent grain price hikes

● Russia’s July grain export falls to 2 mln tns - govt

● Expert sees no grain export limits in Russia until 80% sold

● Deputy PM: Russia may export 10-12 mln tns of grain in 2012