The purchases help increase U.S. preparedness to respond to high-consequence foreign animal diseases.

According to experts' forecasts in 2023, farmers will reduce the sowing of corn, wheat and barley and sow more oilseeds as a substitute. In this case, going to the domestic consumption of agricultural products enough for the whole country, - said the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy Alexander Haidu.

First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky told about the country's provision of meat and dairy products and the impact of the energy crisis on production.

Язва желудка у свиней — распространенное осложнение, что приводит к снижению потребления корма, среднесуточных приростов массы и даже внезапной гибели, что приводит к экономическим потерям. Соответственно, язва желудка у свиней вызывает беспокойство как по поводу благосостояния животных, так и по экономике производства.

Given the significant role of markets in the sale of meat products and the high risks of spreading infections if they are contaminated, it is very important to respond correctly when a disease is suspected during a veterinary examination. This will allow the chain of infection to be broken.

Since the start of the State program «Affordable loans 5−7-9%», business entities have received 54 560 loans from authorized banks for a total of 171.23 billion UAH, of which 35 184 — from banks in the public sector for a total of 69, 08 billion UAH (as of February 13, 2023).

According to the State Statistics Service, consumer prices rose 0.8% in January (vs. December 2022). This is relatively low inflation for the first month of the year. Over the past 10 years, low January inflation has been recorded only twice (in 2020, 2014).

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Tail biting in pigs is a serious welfare issue with significant economic impact to the producer. Systematic tail docking of all pigs prior to the start of tail biting behaviour is a common production practice in US swine farms to mitigate future welfare and economic consequences of tail biting at the finishing stage. But is the link between health and tail docking so straightforward, asks pig health and welfare expert Dr Monique Pairis-Garcia.

With the beginning of the war, «Goodvalley Ukraine», like everyone else, had to change its plans. But the company managed to reconstruct two new farms, increase production and take second place in the ranking of the largest pork producers in Ukraine.

Pig farming in the EU is expected to fall by 3 to 4 percent this year. That's what the EU Commission expects. An above-average minus is expected for Germany. In Spain, the boom in pig production is set to end.

Problematic issues of humanitarian demining in Ukraine were considered during a coordination meeting chaired by Prime Minister Denis Shmygal and involving the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Economy and the State Emergency Service.

The subject of the interdepartmental working group's review was permits from the environment and environmental sphere. The level of compliance with EU standards in this area was evaluated by one on a five-point scale.

The first case in the country was found in a dead wild boar.

U.S. wheat futures rose Friday amid fears that a grain agreement allowing Russian and Ukrainian exports from Black Sea ports could collapse amid nearly a year of escalating war between the two countries, traders commented.

On January 30 the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 76 "On mobilization training and mobilization" on reservation of persons liable for military service during mobilization and wartime came into force.

As part of the project «Ensuring Animal Health in Ukraine» in cooperation between the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has already conducted most of the surveys among representatives of households, pig farms, hunting farms, processing plants, as well as the buyers (sell pork) in the agrifood markets after the double slaughter of purchased pigs).

Spain's renowned jamón iberico bellota is in danger of extinction due to a shortage of a key pig food, acorns.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal and Isobel Coleman, First Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) discussed Ukraine's rapid recovery and financial support. The meeting was also attended by First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine —  Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko.

Although Latvian pig farmers have learned to coexist with the disease, it has recently become detrimental to their business.