The start of the Flemish buy-out program for pig farms with high nitrogen emissions, originally planned for this autumn, has been delayed because the EU Commission has not yet completed the review of the program.

Slobozhansky Agrocombinat pork farm has been dismissed from occupation. Despite numerous losses and destruction, the enterprise will resume its work.

As of October 21, grain and leguminous crops in Ukraine were threshed on 7.4 million hectares, which is 67% of the planned area, of which 29 million tons of grain were harvested, the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported.

Due to the reduced pig inventory, the volume of pig feed production fell by 7.6%, but is still the most important, with 9.1 million tons.

The implementation of the government program for the creation of horticulture, berrying and viticulture continues. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine signed 41 orders in the amount of 191.5 million UAH. The total area of participating farms is 607.85 hectares. The grants amount depending on the area are from 360 thousand UAH to 10 million UAH per beneficiary.

So far this year, the Philippines has imported 545,214 tonnes of pork and pork products.

The Federal Government has approved the draft law on the labeling of food products of animal origin according to the way in which the animals are raised.

The state will provide financial support to micro, small and medium-sized businesses to restore partially or completely destroyed production facilities as a result of military operations. A decision to this effect was made by the Government at a meeting on October 14, 2022.

russia's First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, said that in response to the UN investigation into russia's use of Iranian drones, Moscow may «revise cooperation» with the UN, including not extending the «grain agreement».

Pig farmers will again be exempted from contributing to the budget fund for the health and quality of animals and animal products.

So far this year, pork production has shown a cyclical behavior.

The 212 winners of the seventh wave of the programme «Vlasna Sprava»  will receive micro grants to start and develop business in the total amount of 48.7 mln. hryvnias. In general, the Government has already transferred to the recipients of various grant programmes almost 200 million UAH. This was stated by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine — Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko.

During last Friday's trading, prices for pig vivace adjusted by 1.5-4 UAH/kg, the same as a week earlier. In particular, in the Center the purchasing prices of the majority of commodity batches fluctuated within 72-74 UAH/kg, a smaller supply of pork in the East kept the prices within 74-76 UAH/kg, in the Western regions the price range narrowed to 70-71 UAH/kg. The weighted average market mark shifted by 2.3% to 72.2 UAH/kg.

80% of enterprises have stabilized operations and have no significant barriers to farming.

In early 2022, more than 190 million people in the world will be facing severe food insecurity, a Russian war against Ukraine could add another 70 million people to that number. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement released Sunday on the occasion of World Food Day.

Pigs are very sensitive to high temperatures. Lack of proper ventilation can lead to serious consequences due to the inability of pigs to cool down.

Mig-Servis-Agro located in the village of Sukhoy Elanets, Nikolaev region, has a long history and a branched structure. Starting its activities in breeding pigs in 2002, the company is engaged in: pig breeding in a closed cycle and has the status of a breeding plant of three breeds (Large White, Landrace, Duroc), growing chickens and rabbits, plant breeding and fodder production, beekeeping, sheep and beef cattle. In addition, the agricultural firm has a slaughterhouse and meat processing plant, and its products are sold in three proprietary stores in Nikolaev and Sukhoy Elants.

ASF has been detected on a farm with more than 39,000 animals in Timis County.

The government will continue to implement programs to support businesses, in particular payments for the employment of migrants and the provision of non-refundable grants. This was announced by Prime Minister Denis Shmigal at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on October 14.

On October 1 the Law of Ukraine dated 20.09.2022 No. 2606-IX came into force which changed the approach to the taxation base of the extracted natural gas in Ukraine.