• Mig-Service-Agro: diversification and self-sufficiency is the key to effective business

    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.

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  • Romania reports ASF outbreak on large farm

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

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  • More than a thousand grants have already been awarded under the eRobota program

    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.

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  • Conducting natural gas trading on licensed exchanges

    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.

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  • AUPB resumes supply chain in pork market

    Since July 2022, the Association Ukranian Pig Breeders has been actively promoting the resumption of supply chains in the domestic pork market interrupted by war. This support for producers and processors is supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations («FAO»).

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  • russia threatens to withdraw from grain agreement

    russia has sent the UN a list of requirements, in case of non-compliance with which it threatens to withdraw from the agreement on grain exports from the Black Sea, which expires in November. Gennady Gatilov, russia's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, said.

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  • Markiyan Dmitrasevich: there will be no food shortage in Ukraine

    Domestic food security in Ukraine is fully ensured and food shortages are not expected. We will have enough sunflower oil, sugar and eggs, and there is no reason for a significant increase in the price of those products. On the contrary, in November Ukrainians will see stabilization of food prices. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Markiyan Dmytrasevych.

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  • Wheat prices have risen sharply

    Wheat futures rose 5% after Russia's massive missile strike on Ukraine.

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  • Modern livestock cooling systems solve animal productivity problems

    Pigs are sensitive to high temperatures because they are incapable of thermoregulation (not sweating). This can have a negative effect on gains, sow performance, boar semen quality, and mortality rates. Modern cooling systems for livestock buildings can help to solve these difficulties.

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  • Livestock market: week 41

    In the second decade of October, prices for pigs of slaughter conditions weakened slightly, analysts of Association Ukranian Pig Breeders noted.

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  • UN considers continuation and expansion of «grain corridor»

    This became known during a meeting of the UN General Assembly, held on October 10. We recall that the agreement on the possibility of exporting Ukrainian grain, which was brokered by the UN, expires at the end of November for 120 days.

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  • Germany: Pork stocks are declining

    In August, the stock of pork in German cold stores was once again significantly reduced. As a result of the outsourcing of the past few months, inventories are again at a level that is only slightly higher than before the start of the Corona crisis.

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  • EU pig meat production falls on the back of low slaughter

    Estimated EU pig meat production for June and July sits at 1.78 million tonnes and 1.66 million tonnes respectively, according to AHDB. For June this is a year-on-year decline of 5.7% and for July a decline of 8.4%. This brings the estimated year to date (Jan- Jul) production for the EU27 to 12.95 million tonnes, the lowest volume since 2017.

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  • The government bill «On consumer protection» according to European norms

    It provides for the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to that of the European Union — Ukrainian consumers will have the same rights and guarantees as EU citizens.

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  • Unemployment in Ukraine is over 40%

    The head of the expert-analytical center of the portal GRC.UA Ruslana Berezovskaya said that the level of unemployment in Ukraine has reached more than 40%.

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  • EU plans to allocate 5 billion euros to Ukraine by the end of the year

    This was stated by the Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis during the Conference of European Union Ambassadors, which was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko.

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  • Real-time production management

    The production process in pork production requires constant monitoring. Yes, collecting data on feed and water consumption and daily growth rates helps the producer not only to monitor performance, but also to use it to optimize production.

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  • State order for the defense sector: the government strengthened the position of Ukrainian business

    Prices for the supply of goods and services for the security and defense sector will now be revised in case of significant changes in economic conditions.

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  •  Association 'Ukranian Pig Breeders'  together with its partners will participate in Europe's largest exhibition EuroTier 2022

    We are glad to inform you that our DLG partners provided an exhibition space at the largest European exhibition of professional livestock breeding EuroTier 2022 (November 15−18, 2022, Hannover, Germany).  Association 'Ukranian Pig Breeders'  together with SAVEUA fund, Ukrainian Agrarian Council, Association of milk producers will participate in the exhibition.

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  • Vietnam starts a new attempt of vaccinations against ASF

    After several deaths occurred due to application errors when using a vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs, the use of the vaccine in Vietnam was initially stopped. Now the vaccinations are to be resumed and the vaccination process better controlled.

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