Russian Agriculture News

Kaliningrad region first began shipping to Poland cabbage, the press service of the regional Rosselkhoznadzor.......

sepheronx wrote:If it was potatos I would be on the floor by now. Too bad.

PapaDragon wrote:

medo wrote:

higurashihougi wrote:Monsanto won't like it, heh heh.

http://www.rt.com/politics/315844-government-decides-to-ban-gmo/

Govt decides to ban GMO food production in Russia – deputy PM

A senior Russian government member told reporters the cabinet decided that any food production in the country will completely exclude any genetically-modified organisms or parts thereof.

“As far as genetically-modified organisms are concerned, we have made decision not to use any GMO in food productions,” Deputy PM Arkady Dvorkovich said at an international conference on biotechnology in the Russian city of Kirov.

At the same time the official emphasized that there was a very clear line between this decision and the development of science, medicine and some other branches.

“This is not a simple issue, we must do very thorough work on division on these spheres and form a legal base on this foundation,” he said.

This is excellent decision. Russia will be able to sell their food for higher prices, because it is not GMO, but natural. Russia have a lot of space to produce more food and sell it around the World. Even US and EU will buy it to have healthy and natural food.

Here is the funny thing:

Idea behind GMO crops is to create plants that have high yield are resistant to disease and are capable of surviving and thriving in poor quality soil and with low amount of water.
These GMO crops have not been invented at all!!! They simply do not exist.

What Monsanto and other vultures and snake-oil salesmen have done is that they tried  to create real functional GMO crops and have failed miserably.

Instead they created frankensteinian abominations which have slightly higher yield but whose immune system has been completely compromised as a side effect of genetic manipulation.

These plants require enormous amount of pesticides and other chemicals just to keep them alive. They have created botanical equivalent of human in terminal stage of AIDS.

And guess who sells these chemicals and pesticides? That is right, Monsanto. They make their money of chemicals not GMO seeds.  

And once farmers start using these chemicals they render farmland toxic for normal plants, only GMOs can survive afterwards.

Basically it is the ultimate extortion racket. They claim to sell things that do not exists and are making a killing by selling poison and turning farmers into an equivalent of drug addicts!!!


I personally look forward to the day when Real GMO crops are invented. They will create agricultural revolution in places like Mexico, Africa, Australia and other desolate regions. One day these Real GMO crops will enable mankind to grow food on Mars and other planets. It will be amazing scientific accomplishment when it happens.


Russia has plenty of quality soil and would not need GMO crops even when Real GMO crops are invented one day. They have hit the jackpot when it comes to agriculture.

higurashihougi wrote:Russia has good soil but it does not have good climate. The winter is long and cold. Amount of rain is not extremely high.

Russian climate is good for cultivating wheat. Not too much rain enable Russia to manufacture the super super high grade white grain which is exported to France.

But it is not 100% suitable for things like vegetables, fruit trees, milk cow, due to f**king cold winter. Russia used to import fruits from Europe.

The issue here is that, Europe is not the only one can produce fruit. Russia's allies, like China, North Korea, Brasil. They have what Russia needs.

Another reason for Russia to turn East.

Just my 2 cent.

flamming_python wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:

medo wrote:

higurashihougi wrote:Monsanto won't like it, heh heh.

http://www.rt.com/politics/315844-government-decides-to-ban-gmo/

Govt decides to ban GMO food production in Russia – deputy PM

A senior Russian government member told reporters the cabinet decided that any food production in the country will completely exclude any genetically-modified organisms or parts thereof.

“As far as genetically-modified organisms are concerned, we have made decision not to use any GMO in food productions,” Deputy PM Arkady Dvorkovich said at an international conference on biotechnology in the Russian city of Kirov.

At the same time the official emphasized that there was a very clear line between this decision and the development of science, medicine and some other branches.

“This is not a simple issue, we must do very thorough work on division on these spheres and form a legal base on this foundation,” he said.

This is excellent decision. Russia will be able to sell their food for higher prices, because it is not GMO, but natural. Russia have a lot of space to produce more food and sell it around the World. Even US and EU will buy it to have healthy and natural food.

Here is the funny thing:

Idea behind GMO crops is to create plants that have high yield are resistant to disease and are capable of surviving and thriving in poor quality soil and with low amount of water.
These GMO crops have not been invented at all!!! They simply do not exist.

What Monsanto and other vultures and snake-oil salesmen have done is that they tried  to create real functional GMO crops and have failed miserably.

Instead they created frankensteinian abominations which have slightly higher yield but whose immune system has been completely compromised as a side effect of genetic manipulation.

These plants require enormous amount of pesticides and other chemicals just to keep them alive. They have created botanical equivalent of human in terminal stage of AIDS.

And guess who sells these chemicals and pesticides? That is right, Monsanto. They make their money of chemicals not GMO seeds.  

And once farmers start using these chemicals they render farmland toxic for normal plants, only GMOs can survive afterwards.

Basically it is the ultimate extortion racket. They claim to sell things that do not exists and are making a killing by selling poison and turning farmers into an equivalent of drug addicts!!!


I personally look forward to the day when Real GMO crops are invented. They will create agricultural revolution in places like Mexico, Africa, Australia and other desolate regions. One day these Real GMO crops will enable mankind to grow food on Mars and other planets. It will be amazing scientific accomplishment when it happens.


Russia has plenty of quality soil and would not need GMO crops even when Real GMO crops are invented one day. They have hit the jackpot when it comes to agriculture.

Sounds like some conspiracy theory.

Like all conspiracy theories it falls apart under closer inspection.

Question - why would farmers plant such crops, if they calculate that the extra expense in chemicals/pesticides will outweigh any extra yield that they might get?

Because they are ignorant? I think that farmers know their trade well enough.

flamming_python wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:

medo wrote:

higurashihougi wrote:Monsanto won't like it, heh heh.

http://www.rt.com/politics/315844-government-decides-to-ban-gmo/

Govt decides to ban GMO food production in Russia – deputy PM

A senior Russian government member told reporters the cabinet decided that any food production in the country will completely exclude any genetically-modified organisms or parts thereof.

“As far as genetically-modified organisms are concerned, we have made decision not to use any GMO in food productions,” Deputy PM Arkady Dvorkovich said at an international conference on biotechnology in the Russian city of Kirov.

At the same time the official emphasized that there was a very clear line between this decision and the development of science, medicine and some other branches.

“This is not a simple issue, we must do very thorough work on division on these spheres and form a legal base on this foundation,” he said.

This is excellent decision. Russia will be able to sell their food for higher prices, because it is not GMO, but natural. Russia have a lot of space to produce more food and sell it around the World. Even US and EU will buy it to have healthy and natural food.

Here is the funny thing:

Idea behind GMO crops is to create plants that have high yield are resistant to disease and are capable of surviving and thriving in poor quality soil and with low amount of water.
These GMO crops have not been invented at all!!! They simply do not exist.

What Monsanto and other vultures and snake-oil salesmen have done is that they tried  to create real functional GMO crops and have failed miserably.

Instead they created frankensteinian abominations which have slightly higher yield but whose immune system has been completely compromised as a side effect of genetic manipulation.

These plants require enormous amount of pesticides and other chemicals just to keep them alive. They have created botanical equivalent of human in terminal stage of AIDS.

And guess who sells these chemicals and pesticides? That is right, Monsanto. They make their money of chemicals not GMO seeds.  

And once farmers start using these chemicals they render farmland toxic for normal plants, only GMOs can survive afterwards.

Basically it is the ultimate extortion racket. They claim to sell things that do not exists and are making a killing by selling poison and turning farmers into an equivalent of drug addicts!!!


I personally look forward to the day when Real GMO crops are invented. They will create agricultural revolution in places like Mexico, Africa, Australia and other desolate regions. One day these Real GMO crops will enable mankind to grow food on Mars and other planets. It will be amazing scientific accomplishment when it happens.


Russia has plenty of quality soil and would not need GMO crops even when Real GMO crops are invented one day. They have hit the jackpot when it comes to agriculture.

Sounds like some conspiracy theory.

Like all conspiracy theories it falls apart under closer inspection.

Question - why would farmers plant such crops, if they calculate that the extra expense in chemicals/pesticides will outweigh any extra yield that they might get?

Because they are ignorant? I think that farmers know their trade well enough.

magnumcromagnon wrote:New goat cheese factory being built, and after both phases are done it will be able to produce 375 tons of milk and 120 tons of cheese per year:

In the Smolensk region launched a new production of goat cheese

flamming_python wrote:Who told you we don't have much rain in Russia?

Here in St. Petersburg the monsoon season is at least as bad as in Vietnam

Cowboy's daughter wrote:

magnumcromagnon wrote:New goat cheese factory being built, and after both phases are done it will be able to produce 375 tons of milk and 120 tons of cheese per year:

In the Smolensk region launched a new production of goat cheese

Goat cheese (& goat's milk) is wonderful!

I was a goat's milk baby!

higurashihougi wrote:

flamming_python wrote:Who told you we don't have much rain in Russia?

Here in St. Petersburg the monsoon season is at least as bad as in Vietnam

I do not understand all the details, but as far as I heard, most of precipitation in Russia appeared in the form of snow. Liquid rain in non-winter is relatively low, but the snow is relatively thick.

That's why Russia sows the seeds at the end of autumn, right before the snow starts to fall. The thick snow acts as some sort of heat insulation to protect the seed from freezing winter, similar to the ice cover at the water surface. When the snow melts in spring, it becomes the water supply for the paddy which already begins to sprout. And that also means the thickness of winter snow is crtitical to the survival of the seeds and the growth of the paddy.

And since the non-snow precipitation in Russia is relatively low, Russian crops manage to achieve very high quality. Thanks to the dryness, Russian crops can avoid fungi infection and are less sour. Russian white wheat is extremely high-grade and much of it is exported to France to make French traditional white bread. France has more liquid rain the Russian and there is rain roughly at the time when the paddy begins to ripe, that somewhat reduce the quality of the grain.

It is interesting to see that, while Russia exports a lot of white grain to France, her people prefer black bread to white bread. I haven't tried a Russian black bread yet, but some of my friend claimed that it is more delicious, although it is harder to chew.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

higurashihougi wrote:

And since the non-snow precipitation in Russia is relatively low, Russian crops manage to achieve very high quality. Thanks to the dryness, Russian crops can avoid fungi infection and are less sour. Russian white wheat is extremely high-grade and much of it is exported to France to make French traditional white bread. France has more liquid rain the Russian and there is rain roughly at the time when the paddy begins to ripe, that somewhat reduce the quality of the grain.

It is interesting to see that, while Russia exports a lot of white grain to France, her people prefer black bread to white bread. I haven't tried a Russian black bread yet, but some of my friend claimed that it is more delicious, although it is harder to chew.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

When Russian goods exports come to mind, people tend to think of things like oil, gas, vodka and high-tech weaponry. But as Russia's Gazeta.ru has found, the country's exports are, in fact, becoming “sweeter and more peaceful.”

1. Despite arms exporters continuing to enjoy a cushy position among Russia's non energy-related export earnings, the country's exports are becoming more peaceful. Over the past year, Russian agricultural producers exported $20 billion worth of food goods, growing by 15 percent compared to the previous year, and leading agricultural products to outstrip weapons as a total share of exports.

3. Russia's shipments of agricultural machinery abroad are on track to reaching record levels for the post-Soviet period. In the first six months of 2015, Russian producers sold 3.8 billion rubles worth (about $60 million USD) of equipment. While it might not seem like much at first, this figure is over double the amount sold last year. In the past year, exports of equipment from producers like Rostselmash have tripled to countries including Canada, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Turkey and Azerbaijan, and doubled to countries including Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Tajikistan.

6. In 2015, the export of Russian pork products exploded from previous levels, growing by 700 percent, even though the nominal volumes remain relatively low (15,000 metric tons). Still, it's a good start. By comparison, export of poultry over the past year amounted to 70,000 metric tons, growing by 12 percent over the past year.

7. Bran Makes You Strong Comrades: Turkey can't seem to get enough Russian bran. In the past year, between July 2014 and July 2015, Russia exported over 680,000 metric tons of bran, 80 percent more than a year earlier. Moreover, 90 percent of Russia's bran exports went to Turkey. Despite the fact that the country has its own bran growers, apparently they do not have enough for the production of animal feed.

Russia won’t lift French food ban – Agriculture Minister

French Agriculture Minister Stefane Le Foll is in Moscow in a bid to lift Russia's food embargo which he says has cost France at least €280 million. Le Foll’s Russian counterpart Aleksandr Tkachev says that is impossible.

“Unfortunately, we can state that in terms of sanctions, France is an integral part of the EU. Of course, we cannot give France such an opportunity [to supply products under Russian embargo]", Tkachev told reporters on Friday.

Russia makes up only 0.64 percent of French agricultural exports compared with 1.26 percent in 2014, said the French minister in an interview to the Interfax news agency.

“However, the effect of [Russia's] food ban was a decline in prices in the European market due to oversupply. Therefore, it’s very difficult to estimate the actual damage, which varies depending on the sector,” said Le Foll.

On Friday, Le Foll and Tkachev are discussing products that were not included in the Russian embargo. France is interested in continuing food supplies that were halted at the beginning of 2014 by Russia due to cases of African swine fever in Poland and the Baltics.

sepheronx wrote:I think there has been more dairy companies opening up in Russia in recent year than in Canada in decades.  Very impressive.