Vegetables will become more expensive due to the weather, and meat – due to the feeds. What will happen to the prices of food?

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:28

Ukrainian farmers continue to harvest and fill the storehouses with vegetables and grains, but at the same time in the market prices after a slight fall began to rise again. Over the past few days, beets and carrots have grown by 40-50%.

ASF outbreak is recorded in the Mykolaiv region

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:20

"The place where the carcass of the dead piglet was found near the rural town of Berezanka (the area at a distance of 15 m from the Berezanka-Krasnopillia highway) was declared unfit due to the African swine fever," is said in the report.

He noted that quarantine has been established in this territory since September 20.

Ukraine reduced production of the three most used products

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:14

So, in particular, sausage production decreased by 58% in August in comparison with July.

Also over the month, milk production was decreased by 17.7% in Ukraine. The production of sunflower oil fell by 51.3%.

Along with this, Ukraine slightly, but increased the production of confectionery products - by 1.7%, spreads and fat mixtures - by 45.5%, yoghurts - by 4.3%.

Verkhovna Rada took into consideration the draft state budget-2019

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:11

"From now on, the parliament is moving on to discuss this budget ... Now the state budget of Ukraine is moving to the Verkhovna Rada for further work," - said the Parliament Speaker Andrii Parubii after presenting the draft state budget 2019.

Ukraine has increased the export of dairy products by $ 17.8 million over eight months of 2018

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:08

"Over eight months of this year Ukraine has increased the export of dairy products to the markets of other countries by almost $ 17.8 million compared to the same period last year. The first place among export items was taken by animal oil, which was exported for a total by $ 92.4 million. The second place belonged to condensed milk by $ 43.7 million, the third - casein by $ 30.6 million," Olha Trofimtseva commented.

Volume of financing of the agrarian sector is proposed to increase by 2% in 2019

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:03

In particular, the amount of state budget expenditures for the Ministry of Agrarian Policy has been increased by 6.3% (or by 436 408.90 thousand UAH), which will amount to 7258 751.7 UAH.

70% of all cases of antibiotic use account for stock breeding

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 11:57

On September 21, 2018 experts of the Ukrainian Stock Breeders Association visited an online conference dedicated to the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Aviva Investors.

The event was held in London and broadcasted online for more than a dozen European countries, including Kyiv, at the EBRD's main office.

15.7 billion UAH will be allocated for the needs of the agricultural sector

Submitted by bashun on Tue, 09/25/2018 - 14:25

The document indicates that the main funding is expected to be realized at the expense of the general fund - 13.3 billion UAH, which is more than 0.5 billion UAH more than the current year. Due to the funds of the special fund, the state budget expenditures are envisaged in the amount of 2.4 billion UAH, which is 0.1 billion UAH more than in 2018.