Section Management and technology
The working panel «Prospects for pig production in Ukraine» will combine the following topics:
- trends in the pork market
- support programs for the agricultural sector in 2024 and available grant programs
- Is it worth increasing capacity?
- available financial instruments or where to get funds to start or expand a business
- what is the European future of domestic pig production?
Invited speakers: Taras Vysotskyi, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Vladyslav Karpenko, Head of Productivity Development and Market Access at USAID AGRO, Oleksandra Bondarska, Head of Analytical Department at the Pig Producers of Ukraine Association, Mads Kring, owner of the pig farm Rønshauge (Denmark).
The working panel «Energy Independence in the Agricultural Sector» will focus on practical experience of powering a farm from solar panels, development of biomethane production projects, bioethanol production — a new trend in the market, and a comprehensive solution: cremators with a heating system. Speakers: Oleksandr Demchenko, owner of the pig breeding enterprise Eco Piglets LLC, Maksym Babaiev, renewable energy project development expert, VITAGRO Group, Matvii Rudkivskyi, expert on the utilization of animal by-productsm, Larysa Nedoluzhko, CEO of Simada LLC.
Working panel "Feed raw materials market in 2023-2024":
- availability and price trends in the grain market
- recommendations for pig diets
- How to increase feeding efficiency: practical experience of pig farms
- DDGS, a new affordable product for feeding pigs
Speakers: Rodion Rybchynskyi, FAO grain sector expert, CEO of the Union "Millers of Ukraine", Serhii Dobrianskyi, expert on feeding productive animals, Maksym Babaiev, expert on renewable energy project development, VITAGRO Group, Yevhen Tupik, CFO of Marlen-KD LLC.
Working panel "Trends in the construction and equipment of pig farms":
- pig farm equipment: no need for excess!
- digital solutions for optimizing the work of pig farms
- trends in the field of feed production, energy-saving technologies
- effective solutions for manure utilization and storage
Speakers: Ivan Salata, an expert in the construction and equipment of pig farms, Myroslava Chaikivska, owner of Pan Product Farm, Andriy Klevadenko, an expert in manure storage and management, Mykola Demchak, an expert in the construction and equipment of feed mills, and Yan Bondarenko, an expert in manure management.
Working panel "Approaches to pig business management":
- what indicators to focus on when evaluating and improving business performance
- mandatory components of economic efficiency
- sale of commercial piglets or pigs of slaughter conditions: which model to choose?
- vertical integration: is it justified?
Speakers: Vasyl Starobor, expert in the field of pig production, Simon Grey, expert in the field of pig production, Azar Allakhverdiev, director of meat processing development at Exim Food LLC
Serhiy Zelenyi, Director of Podilsky Bacon LLC, Serhiy Mamchych, expert on vertical integration of agricultural enterprises.
Discussion "ASF vaccine: a panacea?":
- impact of vaccination of pigs against ASF on international trade
- experience of vaccination of pigs against ASF in China
- prospects for registration of vaccines against ASF in the EU
Speakers: Olha Shevchenko, Acting Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, Andrii Rozstalnyi, FAO Animal Health Officer, FAO Headquarters (Italy), Karin Havas, PhD, Head of Transboundary Pig Disease Research, Pipestone Corporation (USA), Vitalii Bashynskyi, Veterinary Medicine and Food Safety Expert, FAO.
Health and Veterinary Medicine section:
Veterinary causes of sow hypogalactia
A new look at the problem of circovirus infection in pigs
Laboratory monitoring on the farm as a component of healthy herd management
Reproductive disorders in first-time sows
Video of best biosecurity practices: disinfection of transport, sanitary checkpoint, ramp, disinfection barrier. Discussion with representatives of farms
Speakers: Oleksii Sheptukha, PhD, expert in the field of pig health, Vitalii Piotrovych, expert in the field of pig health, Dmytro Masyuk, PhD, Director of the Research Center for Biosafety and Environmental Control of Agricultural Resources of the State Agrarian and Food Academy of Ukraine Biosafety Center, Oleksandr Baban, PhD, expert on reproduction of productive animals, representatives of the enterprises Goodwell Ukraine LLC, JV Niva Pereslavshchyny LLC, Terezine Group, and Ukraine LLC.
Program of the event: pigua.info
The International Congress "Profitable Pig Production" is the main event of the industry, a platform for frank discussion between producers, processors and retailers, leading Ukrainian and foreign experts, industry specialists and government officials.
The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders is a non-profit, voluntary organization founded by Ukrainian pork producers. The main purposes of the association are representation and protection of rights and interests of farms of the association, assistance in development and introduction of new technologies for efficient production of pork, expansion of sales markets, and protection of domestic sales market.