On December 21, the leadership of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine held a working meeting with the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Ukraine Fan Xianzhong. The parties discussed the deepening of trade and economic relations in agricultural sector and the expansion of Ukrainian exports.

The Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on Friday, December 23, amended the procedure for suspending the registration of tax invoice/calculation adjustment in the Unified Registry of tax invoices.

The immunocontraceptive vaccine has been tested in the United States and is now authorized in Italy on an experimental basis.

From July to September this year Ukraine shipped 1.68 million tons of oilseeds to the EU. This is evidenced by data from Eurostat.

For the past week, 1430 agrarians attracted 2.17 billion UAH under the program "Affordable credits 5-7-9%". This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.

Recall that the top twenty key market operators (Fig.1) provided about 60% of the industrial supply and received at least 66% of the number of major sows in the industrial sector at the beginning of the year.

Demand prices for Ukrainian corn and wheat with delivery to western borders at most European destinations and ports have been falling since early December.

Studies show that improving pig welfare through proper management and housing strategies will reduce antibiotic use.

A series of recent African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks overseas have prompted new prevention programs in Canada.

2022 has been a challenging year for the Polish pork industry. Rising energy and feed prices, as well as the ongoing African swine fever (ASF) epidemic, are critical influences.

At the end of 2022 it will be worthwhile to look back at how the industry developed during the year. According to the data shared by the head of the analytical department of the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders Oleksandra Bondarska at the beginning of the year the industry was significantly dominated by the industrial sector.

The U.S. — a $ 2 billion grant through the World Bank Trust Fund to ensure the payment of pensions, salaries for social protection workers and support the provision of medical services through the program of medical guarantees;

As of last week, grain and leguminous crops were harvested on 9.8 million hectares (88%) with a yield of 45.6 cwt/ha, 44.9 million tons of grain were threshed including:

Despite the non-seasonal price dynamics during the 4th quarter, at the end of the year the quotes in the livestock market increased in response to the previous demand revival. Such results of the previous trades indicate the results of the monitoring of the analytical department of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

In industrial pig breeding, the problem of diseases of the respiratory complex is one of the most pressing. Most often, associative forms of lung infections caused by agents of both viral and bacterial etiology, which are difficult to differentiate, are registered in animals.

At the peak of the invading army's offensive (February-March), Ukraine lost control of nearly 25% of its territory, including millions of hectares of agricultural land.

Taxpayers are exempt from financial liability for failure to file tax returns by the deadline, which is caused by a power outage due to missile strikes by the aggressor state.

On December 20 there was an event «Pig production: Results 2022 and prospects 2023», organized by the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders, Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Ukrainian Agrarian Council and «Phoenix Agro».

Hog slaughter was up 5.0% year-on-year and up 2.4% from the previous quarter.