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The UAC member Kees Huizinga met with representatives of the European Parliament

Dutch farmer Kees Huizinga, who has been working in Ukraine for the past 20 years, met with representatives of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR) in the European Parliament to explain the situation in Ukraine's agricultural sector in the wake of the Russian invasion. Bert-Jan Rusen, a member of the European Parliament, helped to organize the meeting. «There were about 60 parliamentarians in the hall. They seem to have understood w...

 
Dairy farmers in southern Europe are feeling intense pressure due to Russia’s invasion to Ukraine

Russia’s military invasion to Ukraine sparks growing feed shortages. Ukraine, which is a major global supplier of animal feed, has been unable to export corn and wheat, two major feed ingredients, for the past several weeks, reports Dairy Herd Management. According to Reuters, Italy’s agriculture industry is specifically feeling the effects of the Russian-Ukraine conflict. Assalzoo, an Italian livestock farmer organization, ha...

 
Spring crops planting campaign 2022 started in Ukraine

Agriproducers in Odesa region have started planting spring barley. As of March 22, spring barley has been planted on 30,000 ha of the planned 750,000 ha, the Agrarian Ministry reports. Winter crops top dressing continues in Mykolayiv region and sowing of peas has begun. According to the region's state administration, producers are 70% provided with seeds. Agricult...

 
Expert unlearned myths about Ukraine's supply of agricultural products

Grain and vegetable oils stocks in Ukraine are feeding the russian occupiers, because some regions are temporarily occupied. Accordingly, it reduces the amount of food for the Ukrainians. This is the opinion of Andrii Yarmak, the economist of the investment department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), pigua.info reports.   ‘I hope we all understand it is not wise to rejoice at excessive stocks after all? Grains and especially vegetable oils deteriorate during storage, especially if optimal conditions for storing a...

 
Milk price inflation is real at 55%

Inflation There isn’t a day that goes by in which that word doesn’t grab a headline these days. It’s at a new 40-year high at 7.9%. Used cars and trucks have vaulted 41% when comparted to last February. Gasoline jumped 38%, piped utility gas leapt 24%, and new vehicles moved up 12%. That’s according to data fr...

 
Fuel prices on the eve of sowing begin to decline – the UAC

The Ukrainian Agri Council supports the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the Law on Tax Changes during Martial Law, which provides for a zero rate of excise duty on gasoline, diesel fuel and liquefied gas, as well as a VAT reduction from 20 to 7%. According to the UAC members, the innovations of the Law have already become an effective mechanism for curbing and leveling the rise in fuel prices, which is extremely important in the current acute...

 
The state will buy social products from Ukrainian producers

The state will buy essential social products directly from Ukrainian producers. These products will be distributed free of charge to people in the cities that are surrounded or are on the line of war. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal in social networks. «We have complied a list of key social products: from cereals and grains to canned goods and oil. Local military administrations will apply for the amount of such produc...

 

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