The current sowing campaign under war conditions has a number of challenges. Despite this, Ukrainian farmers have already adapted to work under martial law, the agricultural sector works and even develops as much as possible now.

In spite of wartime force majeure, domestic producers are working to improve production and economic performance. Such conclusions were reached by analysts of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders according to the results of the annual benchmarking study.

At the end of March the fluctuations of purchase prices for pigs of slaughter conditions was limited to 0.3-1 UAH/kg, according to the results of weekly monitoring of Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

Energy prices are rising worldwide, making low-energy ventilation with SKOV’s Dynamic MultiStep even more favorable than previously. Before the recent price increase, the typical energy price in many places of the world was € 0.1/kWh, whereas the current price is over € 0.2/kWh. It means that the payback time of an energy-optimized ventilation system is halved.

Individual water consumption of pigs ranges from nearly 2 liters per day for weaners to nearly 38 liters per day for a lactating sow.

Because of the war (destruction of assets, problems with logistics, population migration) Ukraine has experienced a significant compression of commodity exports, deterioration of its structure, loss of part of its export potential (primarily in the MMC).

The Main Department of the State Consumer Service in the Kiev region reports that according to the State Consumer Service, an unregistered veterinary drug "Doxycycline 50% WSP", under registration certificate № AA-01656-01-10 from 26.10.2015, which expired, entered the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine.

The European Union is activating a crisis reserve for farmers in three eastern countries that have been affected by increased grain exports from Ukraine, which has led to lower local prices.

The Polish Agricultural Ministry tries to combat the continuing decline in the pig population. Estimates are that in early 2023 the number of pigs in Poland dropped to 9.6 million heads, the lowest number since the 1950s.

The National Institution of Ukraine on veterinary drugs and feed additives is a state scientific institution in the system of state registration of veterinary drugs and feed additives in Ukraine. This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

In November/December 2022, there were 134 million pigs (-5% compared to 2021), 75 million cattle (-1%), 59 million sheep (-2%) and 11 million goats (-3%) in the EU.

On April 11, the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB), together with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will hold the first module of training for pig farm veterinarians under the grant cooperation.

Після того як Міністерство сільського господарства та сільських справ (MARA) підтвердило перший спалах африканської чуми свиней (АЧС) у провінції Ляонін 3 серпня 2018 року, це заховрювання зафіксували в 32 провінціях/автономних районах/муніципалітетах/спеціальних адміністративних районах.

A published report provides an overview of the situation in the pork market and puts forward recommendations to improve the sustainability of the pork sector.

Compared to two years ago, the number of sows and pigs in Europe decreased by 1 million and 12 million pigs. Elimination of copper sulfate and restrictions on antibiotics increase the decline. Reduced pig numbers and high prices will reduce European pork exports. This will lead to higher prices in the US, Canada and Brazil as export markets are filled.

The decline in pork production in the EU and the UK over the past year has been driven by soaring production costs, further outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF), new green policy requirements and rising costs of living for consumers.

KYIV, March 2 (Reuters) — The Ukrainian agricultural sector has suffered almost $38 billion in direct and indirect losses from Russia’s invasion, analysts from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) said on Thursday.

Ukraine and Hong Kong discussed the possibility of exporting frozen pork and pork by-products, poultry fat and processed poultry protein.

Thanks to the humanitarian platform eDopomoga, Ukrainian families received financial assistance from international organizations worth almost UAH 6 billion over the course of the year.

One focus of Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) project is to survey domestic stakeholders (industrial farms, households, hunting gfarms, private veterinarians and laboratories) to assess disease risks, including ASF, and antimicrobial warfare practices. Over three months of collaboration 550 respondents were interviewed.