This is the second tranche of the European Union's announced €5bn macro-financial assistance package.

The latest report on corn and soybean crop estimates showed slight variations from the October report. Highlights include a decrease in European Union harvests and an increase in ending stocks for Brazil and Ukraine.

High-fibre diets are increasingly being used in pig feeding, as new research in this area is proving that the right choice of its types and levels has a beneficial effect.

The Government has decided to extend until November 30 this year the period of registration of applications for state support of farmers in the State Agrarian Register, thus increasing (by 100 million UAH) the total amount of support to farmers and other producers of agricultural products.

In animal production, staff shortages due to COVID-19 and strict quarantine measures in the slaughterhouses and cutting plants led to a reduction in production. A 1.7 percent lower slaughter volume and around 2.6 percent lower slaughter cattle prices were achieved. The production value was estimated at 13 billion euros, almost 5 percent lower than in the previous year.

The increase in energy and raw material prices, the associated escalation of inflation and export restrictions due to the presence of African swine fever in Italy have actually hindered the burden of meat enterprises. A task that became more and more difficult as the months passed and the situation worsened as production costs rose.

The $23.4 million program is designed to help Canada's pork industry prepare for the possibility of African swine fever entering the country.

Innovative sow group housing without electronics.

In accordance with the sixth part of Article 49 of the Law of Ukraine "On Veterinary Medicine" the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a decree No. 1295 of November 18, 2022 "On Approval of the Methods of Payment for Issuance of Veterinary Documents".

In 2023, the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders (AUPB) with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) planned modular training for veterinarians of swine farms as part of the grant cooperation.

This was stated by First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine — Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko, speaking to the participants of the strategic session «The role and place of public procurement in the recovery and development of Ukraine».

Consequently, the norm of Transitional Provisions of the Land Code of Ukraine on the automatic prolongation of all lease agreements for agricultural land, which ended during martial law, ceases to be effective.

This was discussed during a meeting of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Schmigal with the Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis in Kiev.

Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky held a meeting with the head of regional programs of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Europe and Central Asia Raimund Yelet.

In particular, according to a report released on November 1, the ILO expects employment in Ukraine to decline by 15.5% or 2.4 million jobs by the end of 2022 compared to the pre-war level (2021).

Vietnam's livestock production has grown steadily in the first nine months of 2022.

On November 15, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registered the order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine from October 20, 2022 № 813, which approved the hygienic requirements for the production and handling of food of animal origin.

Ukraine continues sowing winter grain crops, they are sown 4.4 million hectares, or 92% to the forecast.

How the war has affected the Ukrainian livestock sector and what ways out of the crisis were discussed at an international conference on "The fight for the existence of the Ukrainian livestock sector" within the frames of the exhibition EuroTier 2022.