This was to be the week of the National Pork Industry Conference (NPIC) at the Kalahari Resort Wisconsin. Instead due to Coronavirus, it has become a virtual conference.

At present, the subject of the apocalypse is particularly relevant. The pandemic, climate change, economic crisis… Hence, it all affects the interpretation of events on agrifood markets, including the pork market. Yet again, the mass media is full of information about the new “SWINocalypse” in Ukraine.

During the second to last week of spring prices for slaughter pigs in Ukraine increased by 3.7%. Thus, according to the results of weekly monitoring of purchase prices for live pigs, conducted by the analytical department of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders, the average market price exceeded 44 UAH/kg.

The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders along with PigUA.info website and «Profitable Pig Production» magazine annually compose a rating of the most powerful commercial pig farms in Ukraine. Who entered the ranks of the largest players in the pork market in early 2020?

Capacity building for commercial pig production in Ukraine is directly related to the improvement of the nucleus of the pig farm.

In the first half of March, the average purchase price of live weight pork was at UAH 44.8/kg. However, there was an upward movement of quotation in the middle of the month. Thus, the average slaughter pig price rose by 3%, according to Oleksandra Bondarska, the head analyst of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

The end of winter was marked by a sudden rehabilitation of purchase prices for slaughter pigs. According to the results of weekly monitoring of live market prices, the average market price during the last week of February added 5.4% to the previous week’s price, reaching 42.7 UAH/kg. This was reported by Olexandra Bondarska, the head analyst of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

During the second week of October, the slaughter pig prices maintained the achieved previously level. According to the results of pig prices monitoring made by the analytical department of the AUPB, the range of this week remained at the 46−49 UAH/kg level and the market average shifted up by 1.4% to 48.13 UAH/kg.