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Poultry producers' union to buy 100,000 tonnes of grain
According to Olexander Baumenko, the President of Poultry Producers' Association of Ukraine, the Association will possibly buy 100,000 tonnes of feed grain from State Joint Stock Company "Khlib Ukrainy". He says it may be done in February-March 2005 if prices are reasonable.
He pointed out that today's average grain prices at which poultry breading enterprises were buying grains were $95 per tonne of feed wheat and $80-$85 per tonne of feed barley.
According to Baumenko, poultry breeding enterprises of Ukraine consume annually 800,000 tonnes of feed grain, 35 percent of which is wheat, another 35 percent - maize and 10 percent - barley.