The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has developed a new tool to make it easier for farmers to self-monitor the use of antibiotics in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, within the Computerized System for the Control of Veterinary Antibiotic Prescriptions (PRESVET).

At the end of July prices for live pigs "borrowed" what was lost during the last two weeks, state in the analytical department of the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders.

Therefore, the state extremely needs the support of international institutions and partners in the expansion of trade relations.

This was announced by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Nikolay Solskyy at a briefing.

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.