We are glad to inform you that our DLG partners provided an exhibition space at the largest European exhibition of professional livestock breeding EuroTier 2022 (November 15−18, 2022, Hannover, Germany).  Association 'Ukranian Pig Breeders'  together with SAVEUA fund, Ukrainian Agrarian Council, Association of milk producers will participate in the exhibition.

After several deaths occurred due to application errors when using a vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs, the use of the vaccine in Vietnam was initially stopped. Now the vaccinations are to be resumed and the vaccination process better controlled.

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the reduction of income of the agrarian sector reaches 30%, and the damage has exceeded 10 billion dollars.

Ukrainian businesses will now be able to promote their goods abroad: participation in exhibitions is included in the list of works and services, on the import operations of which the National Bank has been recommended to provide transfers.

The Ministry of Economy, using indirect calculation methods and modeling tools based on behavioral indicators of economic entities, estimates the drop in GDP last month, as in August, in the range of 35% [±2%].

The prices for slaughter pigs in China have increased enormously, year-to-date prices are up 60%. The government has so far been unsuccessful in trying to counteract this and to stabilize the market by generously outsourcing state pork reserves.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a draft law of Ukraine «On state regulation of genetically engineered activities and state control over the circulation of genetically modified organisms and genetically modified products to ensure food security».

People's Deputies of Ukraine at the meeting on October 6 approved the VRU resolution "On the appeal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the European Parliament and the EU Council on deepening economic cooperation and the continuation of temporary measures to liberalize trade" (reg. No. 8075) on the continuation of preferential treatment for Ukrainian goods. This was stated by the deputy chairman of the Committee on economic development of the VRU Roksolana Pidlassa, reported the information department of the parliament.

Pork on the shelves of supermarkets rose in September by 15%, analysts said the Association Ukranian Pig Breeders according to their own monitoring of retail prices.

In May/June 2022, the pig population by 5% compared with the same period in 2021, based on the available results of Member States with at least 3 million pigs.

Since the beginning of 2022 specialists of the State Consumer Service of Ukraine registered 7 cases of ASF (3 - domestic, 2 - wildlife, 2 - infected objects), of which three cases in Sumy region and one case each in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr and Kirovohrad regions.

Food wheat prices are increasing in most regions of Ukraine during the week.

In early October, the weighted average purchase price of pigs of slaughter conditions practically did not change against the previous week, but the inter-regional divergence of prices has returned. About what trends prevailed on the domestic pork market shared the analysts of the Association 'Ukranian Pig Breeders'.

First Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko together with the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky and the Chairman of the VR Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Danil Hetmantsev held an online meeting with representatives of agrarian associations.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine continues to work on improving the automated electronic system "State Agrarian Register" by improving its functionality and convenience for users.

Of the 73.8 million hogs and pigs, 67.6 million were market hogs, while 6.15 million were kept for breeding.

SAVE UA Charitable Foundation, several major agricultural associations: Ukranian Agrarian Council (UAC), Association of Milk Producers (AMP), Association 'Ukranian Pig Breeders', together with the international association DLG initiated a partnership fundraising campaign within the framework of the largest international exhibition on professional livestock breeding EuroTier 2022.

The LPV system, the SKOV low-power ventilation system, is a classic low-pressure ventilation system used in pig farming, which can be adapted to most pig housing. The system is designed for regions with a temperate climate. It consists of components that together provide an optimal microclimate for the animals.

JSC Ukrzaliznytsia in September set a new record for the transportation of grain cargo after the beginning of a large-scale war. This was stated by the deputy director of the commercial work department of the company Valery Tkachev.