Over the past few weeks, a record price divergence between commodity pigs in Europe and the U.S. has been discussed. Spain (Europe's largest producer) has set a new record price for pigs at 1.89 euros/kg live weight — 92 cents/lb. The price in the U.S. is now 59 cents per pound live weight. The price difference between Spain and the U.S. for a 280 lb. market pig is $ 92.

Purchasing prices for pork at the end of the first decade of March continued to grow, analysts of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

The size of the credit guarantee will be at the level of 50% of the loan amount.

The average price of chilled pork in February was by 1.4% or 2.5 UAH/kg cheaper than a month earlier. Such a change has been noted by analysts of the Association of Ukrainian Pork Producers in the course of monthly monitoring of retail prices of national retail networks.

This was stated by representatives of the EBRD during a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy. 

In February, the average value of the FAO Food Price Index reached 129.8 points, which is 0.6% less than in January. This is the lowest level in 17 months.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources has developed a new methodology for recording and calculating environmental damage, according to which the damage caused by the Russian Federation is estimated at UAH 2 trillion. This was announced by Ruslan Strilets, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine.

The main revenues were received from:

The State Agrarian Register (SAR) is now accepting applications for assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under two programs:

In 2022, Ukraine's agro-industrial complex exported products worth $ 20.9 billion.

The State Statistics Service released quarterly data on the average wage last year.

Dr. Megan Niederwerder, deputy director of the Swine Health Information Center in Iowa, has received a 4-year grant from the US federal government to study the susceptibility of soybean feed ingredients to ASF infection.

An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) was recorded in the village of Orlovschina, Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region. This is stated in the message of the Peschanka rural united territorial community with reference to the data of the Novomoskovsk district department of the Main Department of State Supervisory Service in Dnepropetrovsk region.

Last year, despite all the challenges associated with the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, was fruitful for Ukraine in terms of expanding international markets. Despite the restrictions on visits of foreign inspectors to our country and thanks to the coordinated cooperation of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 22 forms of international veterinary certificates for the export of objects of state veterinary and sanitary control and supervision from Ukraine to 12 countries were agreed, namely:

The USAID AGRO program is accepting till March 21, 2012, applications for the second phase of 10 sub-grants, worth UAH 18.5 million each, to small and medium-sized enterprises to expand elevator facilities in order to preserve grain and boost Ukraine's export potential. This was reported by the press service of the Program.

Ukraine exported 38.5 million tons of grain to foreign markets last year, which is 42% higher than in 2021, but 32% less than in the record year 2019. This is stated in the report of the NSC Institute of Agrarian Economics.

Despite the continuing hostilities, pig breeder Genesus plans to strengthen its presence on the Ukrainian market, partly taking advantage of support from the UK government, Simon Grey, general manager of Genesus in Europe, told local news outlet Interfax.

This opinion was expressed by Jim Long, President and CEO of Gensus Inc. in his latest report.

The use of organic acid and manan-rich fractions (MRF) from the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been found to be beneficial for pig intestinal health. Photo: Alltech
Research conducted in China has shown that the use of rich manan fractions in combination with organic acid/zinc proteinate can reduce diarrhea frequency, promote growth and improve piglet intestinal health.

Pig producers in Poland have started to feel more optimistic since no new African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks have been reported at pig farms in the country since 14 July 2022. At the peak of the ASF epidemic, the country registered 30 to 40 outbreaks per month.