Wheat futures rose 5% after Russia's massive missile strike on Ukraine.

Pigs are sensitive to high temperatures because they are incapable of thermoregulation (not sweating). This can have a negative effect on gains, sow performance, boar semen quality, and mortality rates. Modern cooling systems for livestock buildings can help to solve these difficulties.

In the second decade of October, prices for pigs of slaughter conditions weakened slightly, analysts of Association Ukranian Pig Breeders noted.

This became known during a meeting of the UN General Assembly, held on October 10. We recall that the agreement on the possibility of exporting Ukrainian grain, which was brokered by the UN, expires at the end of November for 120 days.

In August, the stock of pork in German cold stores was once again significantly reduced. As a result of the outsourcing of the past few months, inventories are again at a level that is only slightly higher than before the start of the Corona crisis.

Estimated EU pig meat production for June and July sits at 1.78 million tonnes and 1.66 million tonnes respectively, according to AHDB. For June this is a year-on-year decline of 5.7% and for July a decline of 8.4%. This brings the estimated year to date (Jan- Jul) production for the EU27 to 12.95 million tonnes, the lowest volume since 2017.

It provides for the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to that of the European Union — Ukrainian consumers will have the same rights and guarantees as EU citizens.

The head of the expert-analytical center of the portal GRC.UA Ruslana Berezovskaya said that the level of unemployment in Ukraine has reached more than 40%.

This was stated by the Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis during the Conference of European Union Ambassadors, which was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko.

The production process in pork production requires constant monitoring. Yes, collecting data on feed and water consumption and daily growth rates helps the producer not only to monitor performance, but also to use it to optimize production.

Prices for the supply of goods and services for the security and defense sector will now be revised in case of significant changes in economic conditions.

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.