African swine fever has dramatically changed the face of international pork trade over the last five years.

In the occupied Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, the zoo "Fairy Tale Grove" was completely flooded due to the russians' explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. Almost all the animals died, only swans and ducks survived. This was reported in the UAnimals community. 

In May, pork imports remained at a low level, according to the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

Participants of the study tour, organized by the USAID Agricultural and Rural Development Program in partnership with the Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB), learned about the economics of contract feeding, farmer support programs and pork market trends during meetings with the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and the NexGen pig farm.

Jim Long Pork Commentary – May 29, 2023

The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) in cooperation with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is preparing a series of training videos that will demonstrate the best biosecurity practices of leading domestic pig farms.

By September 15, 2023, the EU is gradually lifting the exceptional and temporary safeguard measures adopted on May 2, 2023, on imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds from Ukraine under the exceptional safeguards of the Autonomous Trade Measures Regulation.

On June 1, 2023, a study tour program to the United States began for ten member companies of the Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) with the support of the USAID Agricultural and Rural Development (AGRO) Program.

Viral diseases and bacteria pose a major threat to the global pig and poultry industry, as they not only cause suffering to infected animals, but also lead to large economic losses for farmers.

This is the fifth region affected by African swine fever (ASF) in the country.

The new regulation extends the indication of the origin of fresh, chilled, and frozen pork, sheep, goat, and poultry meat to non-prepackaged meat.

Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky called on the EU to lift all restrictions on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products imposed in early May 2023. He said this during a speech at a meeting of the EU Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (AgriFish), which took place on May 29-30 in Brussels, the press service of the ministry reports.

A two-day simulation exercise, a training on biosecurity for private sector and workshop for haunters were held on 23-26 May within the framework Regional Programme on Animal Health under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). 

Due to the war, the Ukrainian pig industry lost about 12% of its livestock, and the domestic market lost more than 100 thousand tons of pork in 2022. At the same time, the sector remains important for providing food for the population and economic activity in rural areas.

The widespread incidence of powdery mildew, Septoria, brown leaf rust, dark brown, reticular spot, root rot, helminthosporiosis, focal rhynchosporiosis, pyrenophorosis and other diseases has been detected in grain crops.

Last week, Ukrainian farmers sowed 585.2 thou hectares of grains and pulses, most of them in Chernihiv region (94.5 thou hectares). Poltava region planted the largest area of spring crops - 626 thou hectares.

This facility is the first of its kind in the United States and will allow scientists to study and diagnose critical animal diseases.

The first three German slaughter and processing plants were re-approved by the Korean authorities for export to South Korea.