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As of July 5, purchase prices for raw milk of Extra and Higher Grades have not changed since the monitoring was carried out in the first and second half of June. Only Grade I became cheaper compared to the beginning of June. Prices have stabilized, as the production of raw milk in Ukraine and its processing have reached a balance. The red...

In 5 months of 2023, the number of cattle in Ukraine decreased by 219.6 thousand heads compared to last year's period. Also, according to the results of May 2023, the number of livestock in farms of all categories decreased by 5.5 thousand heads. In May, the number of cattle continued to decrease due to the challen...

As of June 19, purchase prices for raw milk of Extra and Higher Grades have not changed since the preliminary monitoring in the first half of June. Only Grade I became cheaper. Compared to the results of the monitoring conducted in the second half of May, raw milk prices in Ukraine decreased by only 0.03−0.09 UAH, depending on ...

On the domestic market the demand for cheese continues to weaken, but cheese makers are trying to maintain production volumes high. The decrease in demand occurs due to seasonality than the price factor, because now in almost all trade chains consumers can choose among the cheeses of either domestic or European production with a p...

Prices for raw milk in Ukraine as of June 6 compared to May decreased by 0.18−0.29 UAH, depending on the grade. The decrease in purchase prices for raw materials may be related to the difficulty of selling butter, cheeses and milk powder in conditions of limited demand in the domestic market and competition from cheap European...

In May 2023, Ukraine increased exports of almost all types of dairy products. Only the volumes of butter deliveries to foreign markets decreased. The likely reason for a certain improvement in foreign trade is the lifting of temporary bans on the import of agricultural products by the countries of Central and Eastern Europe at t...

Consulting Centre of Association of Milk Producers and Laboratory Uman Lab, as part of the Swiss-Ukrainian Program «Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine», implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO AG (Switzerland), initiate the introduction of&...

After the start of the full-scale russian invasion, KSE Agrocentr regularly calculates the losses and needs of the Ukrainian agriculture. KSE Institute has updated the figures on direct, indirect losses and needs for the restoration of the agricultural sector due to the war, as of February 24, 2023, that is, for the year of the war. According to the latest estimates, damage to the agro-i...

In April, Ukraine exported 3.6 thousand tons of live weight beef and cattle, which is 14.63% less than in March. In April, customers from China, Kazakhstan, and Georgia reduced imports of red meat from Ukraine. Jordan and Libya did not buy cattle. A negative role was played by disruptions in export supplies of agricultural products and food product...

As of May 23, raw milk prices in Ukraine decreased by 0.37−0.43 UAH compared to April. Purchase prices continue to move down under the pressure of weak demand on the domestic and foreign markets. It is reported by the analyst of the Association of Milk Producers Georgii Kukhaleishvili. The average purchase price of Extra Grade milk decreased to 11.58 UAH/k...