In early August the lowest prices for chicken in domestic supermarkets were recorded – 82 UAH per kg. This is evidenced by the data of the inflation barometer for the period January-August 2018, UNN reported.

On Saturday, August 25 in Romania African swine fever was recorded on the largest farm in the country, which is the second largest in Europe - in the town of Gropeni, the district of Braila, with more than 140,000 pigs. All animals on the farm will be slaughtered, MEDIAFAX reported according to pigua.info.

Belarus is interested in bringing forward the certification of poultry farms to start exporting poultry meat and products from it to the European Union.

According to the press service of the Belarusian government, this was stated by Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Rusy during a meeting with the European Commissioner for Food Safety and Security Vytenis Andriukaitis, agronews.ua reported.

Law № 2498-VIII on collective land ownership was published in the official parliamentary edition - Golos of Ukraine. It will enter into force on January 1, 2019. This is reported by the website of the Golos of Ukraine according to agropolit.com.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) issued a warning that an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in China could spread to neighboring regions and countries. This was reported by the press office of the Secretary-General of the World Organization, UNN reported.

External sales of dairy products showed a diverse dynamics in July. Compared with June, it became possible to significantly increase the export of dried whole milk and canned foods, but the sales of whey and butter decreased, INFAGRO reported.

The Verkhovna Rada registered a bill on the identification and registration of animals No. 9022. This was reported by one of the authors of the project, Deputy Head of the Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations Oleksandr Bakumenko on his Facebook page, pigua.info reported.

In January-June, 2018 enterprises and organizations accounted for 206.9 billion UAH of capital investments from all sources of financing, which is 26 5% more than the volume of capital investments for the corresponding period of 2017, agronews.ua reported.

In the Cherkasy region 510-530 thousand tons of milk are produced annually, which meets the needs of the consumer market and the dairy processing industry. This is reported by the press service of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration, agravery.com reported.

According to the State Statistics Service in January-July, 2018 Ukraine exported 748 million eggs for 40 million US dollars, which is 43% more than in the same period last year. In the first half of 2017 1.1 billion units were exported for 27.9 million US dollars, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported.