Pig meat prices recovered slightly on higher imports by several leading importers, amid continued low purchases by China.

Data provided by the statistical service of the Netherlands shows that Spain continues to increase its imports of pigs and piglets.

Low farm-gate prices coupled with the rising production costs, and export issues, hamper Polish pork production in 2022, said Bartosz Czarniak, spokesperson for the Polish Pig Breeders and Producers Association Polsus.

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In almost all regions agrarians started harvesting of early grain and leguminous crops, conducted on the area of 417.3 thousand hectares (3%) with yield 26.3 c/ha, threshed 1.1 million tons of grain of new crop including :

The National Bank of Ukraine has abolished restrictions on the purchase of currency for importers after the Cabinet effectively abolished the concept of critical imports. This is reported by the NBU.

Biochem, a German producer of feed additives for all kinds of animals, provided humanitarian aid for Ukrainian dairy cattle, pig and poultry farming in the occupied and de-occupied territories under war conditions.

In order to overcome the consequences of the war in Ukraine on the global agricultural sector, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a new project worth $17 million to help Ukrainian farmers maintain the expected July-August harvest and ensure the export of essential agricultural products to world markets. This was reported July 6 by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.

The Cabinet of Ministers canceled the list of critical imports on goods, but partially left the list of critical imports, said Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Yaroslav Zheleznyak.

Success in pig production depends on a number of factors: biosecurity, genetics, balanced feeding, housing conditions, staff qualifications, and veterinary measures. Of particular importance is the observance of veterinary and preventive schemes in the farrowing room, in particular for the prevention of alimentary anemia of newborn piglets and coccidiosis of pigs.

The recovery plan defines the strategic objectives of the post-war reconstruction, including the full restoration of the entire infrastructure, the integration of the Ukrainian transport network into the EU network and the harmonization of the legal and organizational aspects of the functioning of the transport sector of Ukraine. This is reported by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine.

The weighted average purchase price of cuttings at the beginning of July decreased by 3.6% against last week, according to the results of weekly monitoring of purchasing prices of the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders said.

In June, the volume of pork imports made an unprecedented leap, exceeding 9 thousand tons. This is almost four times more than the volume of external supplies of pork in June 2021, the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders said.

The inability to export from Ukraine the crops of last year and this year, the reduced sowing of winter crops will entail a further rise in prices. It will be such a blow to world security, not only food security, that its consequences will be felt by the world for years.

With a huge population, an expanding middle class, strong urbanization and the associated loss of land, people in China are very concerned about food security in the future. That is why cultured meat was included in the five-year plan of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture.

Ukraine's recovery plan is estimated today at $750 billion and the main source of recovery of our state should be confiscated assets of Russia. This was stated by Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Schmigal during his speech at the International Conference on Ukraine's Recovery in Lugano, Switzerland.

On July 1, 2022 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in first reading (as a basis) the draft law "On peculiarities of legal protection of geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs, protection of rights and application of quality schemes, including traditional guaranteed features for agricultural products and foodstuffs" (reg. № 5616) submitted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on June 4, 2021.

First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko after a visit to Chernihiv with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said that the funds will be distributed in four main areas:

In June 2022 Ukraine exported 2.17 million tons of grain, pulses, oilseeds and their products, which is 470 thousand tons or 25% more than the previous month. This is reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.