At present, the subject of the apocalypse is particularly relevant. The pandemic, climate change, economic crisis… Hence, it all affects the interpretation of events on agrifood markets, including the pork market. Yet again, the mass media is full of information about the new “SWINocalypse” in Ukraine.

During the second to last week of spring prices for slaughter pigs in Ukraine increased by 3.7%. Thus, according to the results of weekly monitoring of purchase prices for live pigs, conducted by the analytical department of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders, the average market price exceeded 44 UAH/kg.

The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders along with PigUA.info website and «Profitable Pig Production» magazine annually compose a rating of the most powerful commercial pig farms in Ukraine. Who entered the ranks of the largest players in the pork market in early 2020?

Capacity building for commercial pig production in Ukraine is directly related to the improvement of the nucleus of the pig farm.

In the first half of March, the average purchase price of live weight pork was at UAH 44.8/kg. However, there was an upward movement of quotation in the middle of the month. Thus, the average slaughter pig price rose by 3%, according to Oleksandra Bondarska, the head analyst of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

The end of winter was marked by a sudden rehabilitation of purchase prices for slaughter pigs. According to the results of weekly monitoring of live market prices, the average market price during the last week of February added 5.4% to the previous week’s price, reaching 42.7 UAH/kg. This was reported by Olexandra Bondarska, the head analyst of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

During the second week of October, the slaughter pig prices maintained the achieved previously level. According to the results of pig prices monitoring made by the analytical department of the AUPB, the range of this week remained at the 46−49 UAH/kg level and the market average shifted up by 1.4% to 48.13 UAH/kg.

October 17, 2019, “UBI Conference Hall” (Kyiv region, Glevaha village, 10 Pidpryemnytska Street) is a date and place where pork producers and people who connected with pig farming are gathered together. Organizers of the International Pig Farm Day are the same – Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders, PU “Ukrainian Agri Council” and Dykun Company.

October began for pork producers quite nicely: the purchase prices for live pigs suddenly increased. According to the results of pig prices monitoring made by the analytical department of the AUPB, the average purchase price this week increased by more than 4% and reached 47.46 UAH/kg.

According to the medical recommendations, the healthy pork consumption rate is about 30 kg per year. Instead, Ukrainians eat half as much, reports the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

During the last week of the summer, the live pig market prices in Ukraine continued to rise, but at a slower rate than on the eve of the holiday weekend. According to the results of weekly monitoring of live pig prices, which is conducted by the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders, the average market price added 1% to the level of the previous week and amounted to 49.4 UAH/kg.

Recently, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine held an emergency meeting about the ASF situation. The ministry specialists, as well as the State Consumer Service’ and the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders’ representatives, joined the discussion.

The third decade of August was marked by an increase in Ukrainian pig prices. The analysts of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders detect corresponding dynamics in the live pigs market based on the results of weekly price monitoring.

According to the customs statistics of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, during January-July, Ukraine imported 13 600 tons of pork with a total value of 25.7 million USD. This escalates the last year’s mark by 11% or 1.4 thousand tonnes. "If the import activity in July remained at the level of the previous two months, the volume of foreign pork incomes in January-July of the current year would be equal to last year’s," – comment the analysts of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

In mid-August, prices for the live weight of pig ranged from 46 to 48 UAH/kg. The analytical department of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders reports on the price range volatility and a slight fluctuation of the market average (-0.2% below the previous week, at 47.06 UAH/kg).

Although the African Swine Fever (AFS) has been in Ukraine since 2012, at the present moment, only one domestic pig farm is insured against this disease. Why? First of all, because of the requirements for a farm.

The reoccurrences of manipulation in the ecology field for political influence or money extortion purposes are found more frequently lately. This situation came about not only in pig production, but also in other industries, and not only in the agro-industrial complex. To fight the so-called “ecoterrorism”, industry associations decided to unite their efforts.

Members of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders and experts of Agency of animal identification and registration agreed to continue piglet’s identification experiment. This time, animals will be tattooed in Nastashka, LLC.