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Analysts of the IA "APK-Inform" project reported that for the first time since mid-July, processors have observed a tendency to decrease purchase prices for GM and non-GM soybeans.

The price of buckwheat may drop to UAH 60-65 per kilogram. "Now buckwheat from this year's new harvest is arriving at the factory for processing, and there is every chance that the price will begin to decline," said a representative of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.

According to analysts, the price pressure from the suppliers has increased. But, in turn, the procurers explain this by the fact that the pace of pork sales across all sales channels has decreased and the competition from imported meat raw materials has increased significantly, the supply of which has picked up since the end of September.

Prices for vegetables continue to rise in Ukraine, today the cost of a kilogram of cucumber is UAH 74.99, which is almost UAH 9 more expensive than the average figure for September.

The fact that the pace of increasing biomethane production is increasing, forces Ukraine to join the biomethane boom as soon as possible. In addition, 70% of our territory is agricultural land, which is the largest amount of raw materials for biomethane production in Europe.

Since the beginning of 2022, in eight months, the shipment of meat products abroad has increased by almost 20% - reports Mykola Pugachev, deputy director of the Institute of Agrarian Economics.

Hungarian farmers' association MOSZ said that in the last 12 months, Hungary's corn imports amounted to 1 million tons, which is a quarter of its annual needs. Due to a severe drought, the own harvest was greatly reduced and forced to resort to the purchase of corn in Ukraine.

This week, rapeseed prices continue their positive upward trend along with oil prices, despite increased crop forecasts.