The Ukrainian government has approved amendments to the tax legislation aimed at restoring the pre-war taxation system. In this case, the adopted draft law does not seek to increase taxes and does not introduce new tax rates, the press service of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine reported on February 1.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) raised its 2023 global pork production forecast by 3 percent, from 110.98 million tons to 114.09 million tons.

Based on the results of another biosecurity audit conducted as part of the Animal Health in Ukraine project in cooperation between the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), we share a few recommendations that businesses should pay attention to.

How the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine contributes to the support of agricultural enterprises in ensuring their uninterrupted operation in conditions of fan outages, said in a live broadcast of the national marathon "Unified News" first deputy minister of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky. He noted that the complex of these measures should help the agricultural sector to pass through the energy crisis.

In 2022, Ukraine opened 12 new markets for products of the livestock sector and received 22 international veterinary certificates for the export of products of Ukrainian agricultural companies. This is reported by Gosprodpotrebbsluzhba.

Previously, the blocking rate was 0.6−0.8% of all invoices.

From February 24 to date, 43,181 agreements on the land market have been concluded. Deals cover an area of 80,051 hectares.

China produced 55.41 million tons of pork in 2022.

Because of russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, the agrarian sector has suffered enormous losses. This is a decrease in cultivated areas, reduced production, falling exports, expensive logistics and so on. All these factors and weather conditions will affect the spring sowing campaign. According to the preliminary data of the structural subdivisions of regional state administrations, as of December 30, the expected sowing areas of all categories of farms on the controlled territory of Ukraine for the harvest of 2023 shall be 21.8 million hectares, which is 6.8 million hectares less than in 2021 (28.6 million).

In 2022, Ukraine exported 23.4 billion dollars worth of agro-food products, which is 16% less than in 2021. However, this figure was the second in the independent history of our country, despite the ongoing full-scale war since last February.

African Swine Fever virus (ASFv) has made its entrance in the wild boar population in Greece. A dead wild boar was confirmed positive for ASF on the 18th of January.

Compared to other animal proteins such as beef and chicken, pork production exhibited the second highest growth in 2022.

Corn production is again forecast lower due to further declines in the U.S., Argentine, and Brazilian crops. For soybeans, a 4 million ton reduction in the Argentine crop is expected due to drought conditions affecting crop yields.

Pig farm ventilation controllers regulate fan operation based on sensor readings placed throughout the room. If the sensors are not positioned correctly, the controller will receive inaccurate data, which will cause the ventilation system to malfunction and disrupt animal housing conditions.

During the 11 months of war the russian aggression caused more than 1 trillion 743 billion UAH of damage to the environment in Ukraine. This was stated in the State Environmental Inspection.

The USAID AGRO Program announces a call for proposals for the Access to Outsourcing and Skilled Workforce sub-grant.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development provides 25 million euros under the guarantees of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to support the agricultural business in Ukraine and ensure global food security. This is reported by the press service of the EBRD.

Andriy Dykyn, the chairman of Ukranian Agrarian Council had addressed the Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Norbert Lins, regarding the statement by the Polish Deputy Minister of Agriculture to cancel the preferential treatment of Ukrainian agricultural products such as corn, chicken, and apples and to apply strict controls to all grain imports from Ukraine, including technical grain. The Polish side proposes to discuss the statement at a meeting of the EU Council of Ministers of Agriculture next week.

The Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders, with support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as part of the Ensuring Animal Health in Ukraine project, has completed a survey of private and state hunting compacts in each region to assess the risks of the spread of swine disease in wildlife.

In 2022 China imported 1,760,000 t of pork or 2,870,000 t including offal, which represents decreases of 53% and 42%, respectively, in relation to imports in 2021, which stood at 3,710,000 t of pork and 4,990,000 t of pork and offal. Imports of offal alone have only decreased by 13%.