Over the past 4 months, the average monthly export rate of Ukrainian agricultural products has actually reached pre-war levels and has become one of the best in recent years.

Agrocombinat "Slobozhansky" (Kharkov region), which was under occupation, estimates its total damage at approximately UAH 560 million. This was stated by the financial director of the company Oksana Olefirenko.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders (AUPB) are implementing the Ensuring Animal Health in Ukraine project. It aims to conduct disease risk assessments, raise awareness and provide advice on swine biosecurity and diseases, and improve disease surveillance and control at all stages of pork production.

In the conditions of martial law and blackouts, it is important for the functioning of agricultural enterprises in certain areas of production to include them in the list of critical infrastructure. What areas of agrarian activity can be included in the above list, how to properly draw up documents for this, how does the working group within the Ministry of Agrarian Policy function, which determines the degree of "criticality" of an agricultural enterprise? These issues were discussed on January 6 during a webinar organized by the UAC "Procedure for submitting applications from agricultural enterprises for inclusion in the list of critical infrastructure facilities".

In the last month of 2022, 6.8 million tons of agricultural products were shipped. This is 900,000 tons more than in November. December as a whole was reflected by an expected decrease in shipments of rapeseed. At the same time, exports of corn increased by 1.3 million tons — it is 3.3 million tons.

The government has extended the period of postponement of conscription during mobilization. Reservations for military conscripted workers have been automatically extended for another month.

The state has fulfilled its obligations to family farms by paying its share of the Single Social Contribution (SSC). At the end of last year, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine allocated UAH 1,420,441.77 to an off-budget account to provide additional financial support to such farms. The additional payment is made in favor of insured persons - members / heads of private farms of the single contribution to the obligatory state social insurance.

Moscow is blocking most supplies from Ukraine, one of the world's largest wheat producers, and its attacks on the country's energy grid are also disrupting the flow of food.

Rural households, small farmers and small agricultural enterprises will benefit from a $15.5 million project funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This is reported on the official website of the organization, reports the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy predicts that the increase in food prices will fluctuate at about 3−5%.

In the battle against disease transmission, pork farmers have to look out for more than just sick pigs.

State budget revenues for the general fund — 1,491.1 billion UAH.

The state budget for the current year includes 35.5 billion UAH for the Fund to eliminate the consequences of armed aggression. This is the construction and repair of public buildings, critical infrastructure, provision of housing for IDPs. This was announced by Prime Minister Denis Shmigal during a government meeting.

Prices for the purchase of pigs slaughter conditions in the first week of the year has not changed, according to weekly monitoring results of the analytical department of the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders.

The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyy summed up the results of the agrarian war 2022 during the press conference in the Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform. He outlined the main results of the work in the directions of deregulation, support of the agricultural sector, agricultural logistics, European integration, land reclamation and fishery development.

Ukraine is becoming a leader in global efforts for the food security of the world. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky during the annual address to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

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According to him, everything will depend on the direction of the agricultural sector. Of course, the fastest recovery cycle is in crop production, although clearance is quite a complicated procedure. And also in poultry farming. But if you add all factors together, then, unfortunately, the full recovery of our agricultural sector will take approximately 2−3 years, depending on the type of production. This is if we talk about the indicators of pre-war times.

Last, the last calendar week of the year, 671 loans totaling 3.91 billion UAH (of which 1.22 billion were loans from state banks) were made.

"All year long UAC has been working with Parliament and the government on legislative support for Ukrainian agricultural producers. We are proud that with our expert participation more than 20 bills and resolutions were passed, because our agrarians guarantee national and world food security.