In the river Medvedevskaya in Sumy region found the body of an animal infected with African swine fever. This was reported on Thursday, July 21, on the page of Krolevets City Council in Facebook.

The Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure has announced the resumption of grain exports by sea, which were blocked due to the war.

"Honestly and frankly, I think few people now understand the consequences and can accurately predict them. I will say for sure that it does not bring anything good for us," Yaroslav Zheleznyak commented in his Telegram channel.

Spanish industrial production of compound feed for farm animals in 2021 remained at similar levels to the previous year. A decrease is expected for this year in 2022.

This was told at a briefing on July 25 by Nikolai Solskyy, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food.

In a press release issued earlier this week, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced that the Stop African Swine Fever campaign is continuing for a third consecutive year. The program is being conducted in partnership with local authorities in eighteen European countries.

The high demand for cash piglets keeps the price at the appropriate level, analysts say the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders.

Ukrainian farmers set fire to fields in the temporarily occupied territories in order not to give the harvest to the Russian Federation. The Rashists are stealing not only grain, they are exporting fruit and all agricultural products. This was reported by the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov in the air of the information telethon, reports "ProAgro Group".

The latest data from Defra shows that the pig meat production figures for June 2022 have remained high; owing to a 17% increase in the number of clean pigs slaughtered, year-on-year. 

The National Bank of Ukraine has adjusted the official exchange rate of the hryvnia against the US dollar by 25% to 36.5686 UAH/USD from 9:00 a.m. on July 21, 2022. The National Bank of Ukraine adjusted the official UAH/USD exchange rate 25% to UAH 36.5686/USD to reflect changes in the fundamental characteristics of the Ukrainian economy during the war and the strengthening of the USD against other currencies. Such a step will increase the competitiveness of Ukrainian manufacturers, reconcile exchange rate conditions for different groups of businesses and households, and maintain the stability of the economy during the war.

The main volumes of pigs were sold within the range of 50.5-54.5 UAH/kg in week 29.

In the first quarter of 2022, pork producers were "balancing" on the verge of breakeven, according to the results of a benchmarking study by the Association of Pork Producers of Ukraine.

Hungary is working to expand the Chop-Zakhon and Luzhanka-Beregsuran border checkpoints with Ukraine to set up corridors for agricultural exports bypassing Ukrainian seaports blocked by Russia. This was reported by Parliamentary State Secretary of Hungary Levente Madiar during a meeting with the head of Transcarpathian Regional Council Vladimir Chubirko, organized to address the current and future humanitarian support for Ukraine by Hungary.

The process is at its final stage and in the near future the Ministry of Agrarian Policy will present new programs to support small farmers. This was stated by the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky during a press conference at the "Ukrinform". He also told about other steps which are being taken to support the agrarians in Ukraine.

The occupiers continue to steal Ukrainian grain, for this they "nationalize" elevators in the occupied territories. This is reported by the Center for National Resistance.

On July 14, 2022 the Law of Ukraine No. 1977-IX came into force which amends the Law of Ukraine "On Public Procurement" with regard to the requirements to the localization of production (hereinafter referred to as "LP"). The press service of the European Business Association reports.

The country's pig inventory has increased from last year and industrial feed output is also higher.

The European Union hopes that with the help of the UN it will be possible to find an early solution to ensure the export of Ukrainian grain.

The harvesting of early grain and leguminous crops was carried out on the area of 1.2 million hectares (10%) with the yield of 29.3 c/ha, 3.6 million tons of new grain crops threshed including: