The US mission is in Ukraine to assess the state control system for poultry health, which will operate at the territory of our state from October 1 to 4, the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection reported.
The number of cattle in Ukraine as of May 1, 2018 was 3.94 million, which is 4.4% less than on the same date in 2017. This is reported by the State Statistics Service according to landlord.ua.
The strategic goal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine for the coming years is to stabilize and increase production of livestock products, in particular the state can increase the number of dairy cows to 2.76 million until 2025. This opinion was expressed by the president of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine Yaroslav Hadzalo during the meeting on innovative development of animal husbandry in market conditions, which was held in Vinnytsia region, the press service of the Academy reports.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will provide 2,75,000 households located along the buffer zone of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions ith young poultry within the framework of humanitarian assistance, agronews.ua reported.
In the Kharkiv region the production of meat and milk has decreased. This was reported by Depo.Kharkiv according to the State Statistical Office in the Kharkiv region.
At the end of May the embargo of the European Commission for 25 Brazilian poultry farms will come into force. Companies will not be able to appeal the Commission's decision, which is "one-sided". This is stated by the press secretary of the EU, PortalSpozywczy.pl reported, acording to agroday.com.ua.
As of April 1, 2018 Ukraine had 197.6 million head of poultry, which is 1.2% more than in the same period last year according to the website of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, АgroРolit.com reported.
China, which is the largest consumer of beef, pork and poultry in the world, is facing a new consumer trend. According to the report presented in the Financial Express, more and more Chinese people are switching to a vegetarian diet. The new trend has led to an increase in consumption of fruits and vegetables and a decline in sales of pork, beef and poultry. This is reported by kurkul.com.
In January-February, Ukraine exported 44.45 thousand tons of poultry meat and byproducts, which is 40.1% more than for the same period in 2017. This is reported by Interfax-Ukraine.
Within two months the EU mission will publish a report on the assessment of the system of state control over the production of poultry meat. This is written on the website of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.