On September 19, the Estonian Veterinary and Food Board diagnosed African swine fever (ASF) on a farm with 6,800 pigs in the Krychu village of the Liaenetskyi district.
In the first week of September, on the farm " Pelekhiv-Ahro" in the Pelekhiv village (Poltava region) due to the African swine fever (ASF) all the livestock - 5126 pigs were burned, 400 of them were sows.
According to the latest data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, in January-August of this year, milk production in farms of all categories amounted to 7.171 million tons, which is 0.9% less than in the same period last year.
The Cabinet of Ministers proposes the Verkhovna Rada to increase funding for animal disease control sixfold - from 113.657 million UAH to 687.195 million UAH from the general fund in 2018 compared to 2017.
On September 15, at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the draft Law of Ukraine "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2018" was presented, which took into account the proposals of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine regarding the support of the agrarian sector for the next year.
1 billion UAH is planned to be spend on the development of farms, and to compensate for the interest rate in the construction of new livestock complexes 22.3 billion UAH will be provided.
For the first time in the history of independent governments, a clear vision of supporting farming was formed, because it is not just business, but a certain culture.