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World cereal production seen slightly down in 2022 The barometer for world food commodity prices declined slightly in June for the third consecutive month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 154.2 points in June 2022, down 2.3 percent from May. The Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket of comm...

The Ministry of Agrarian policy and Food of Ukraine reports that by the state on 107 464 agreements are today closed within the framework of market of land. Handed in applications for the receipt of access to the State Landed Cadastre 5563 notaries. All the requests — 6248, from them concertedly 5487, in a turn for considerat...

New $ 17 million Japan-funded project aims to address grain storage deficit and increase export of critical agricultural goods to international markets. To address the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the global agricultural sector, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new $&nbs...

In June 2022, Ukraine exported 2.17 million tons of grains, pulses, oilseeds and by — products, which is 470,000 tons or 25% more than in the previous month. Exports of wheat increased more than 3 times in June to about 138,000 tons compared to 43,500 tons that were exported in May. At the same time, this is significantly...

To date, more than 100 dairy farms from the affected by war regions have received veterinary humanitarian aid, which has at least partially supported them in the most difficult times. These are vaccines, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory agents and milking hygiene products, production consumables, the appropriate storage and transportation of which was provided by AVM...

To restore the productivity of livestock, and quality and safety control of raw milk, Consulting Center AMP together with Quality FOOD Trade Program is implementing a collaborative project to support milk producers in Chernihiv, Kyiv, and Sumy regions. More than 100 dairy farms will receive qualified recommendations through practical visits of a group of consultants in the form of express monitorings and providing recommenda...

Ukraine continues to lose dairy cows as a result of hostilities in Ukraine. According to preliminary estimates, about 50,000 milking cows have already been lost. If the active phase of the war does not stop, by the end of 2022 losses may reach 150 thousand cows or a third of the dairy herd of the Ukrainian sector of industr...

The war has affected all dairy farms in Ukraine, from small to large, those that survived warfare and occupation, and those that were far from them. During the webinar «Dairy Farming at War: Real Stories» farmers from Sumy, Kyiv and Chernihiv regions shared their stories, problems and plans. The story of Dementiev farm (Sumy region): «When we were milking cows, we prayed that they would be milked out as fast as possible» The Dementievs' dai...

Despite the fact that as of mid-May, the food availability index (FAI) is 1.3% higher than at the end of April, it is 37% lower than the pre-war level. Before the invasion, the FAI was 12.4. So, a person with an average salary could buy a number of «baskets of goods» equivalent to a stock for 12.4 months. The current...

Purchase prices for milk in Ukraine are almost unchanged with some point strengthening. However, these are not even pre-war figures. During the four months of full-scale war, Ukraine's dairy industry was able to adapt to completely new realities and continues to address new challenges: from a shortage o...