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The Grand Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) postponed the consideration of the joint application of 48 and 53 MPs on the constitutionality of the law liberalizing the land market in Ukraine since July 1, 2021, Ukrinform reports. As reported, the judges decided to adjourn the session because one of the participants of the proceedings — the presidential representative in the Constitutional Court Fedor Wenislawski did not...

Milk prices are moving up in small steps. At the moment, they have practically recovered to the indicators that were at the beginning of the year. Over the month the average price added 20 kopecks to UAH 10.24/kg. At the same time, the extra grade milk increased in price by 21 kopecks to UAH 10.85/kg, the higher grade&nb...

The dairy industry, both farmers and processors, continues to operate at approximately the cost price level. Drought and high feed pressure prices the profitability of production, so farmers want higher prices for their product — raw milk. But market relations impose not only supply,...

Raw milk prices are demonstrating their seasonal character and upward trend. Seasonal price increase is additionally supported by more tangible shortage of raw milk as compared to previous year. During the month, the average price increased by ...

The season for the production of milk powder is being over, the demand for it is as hign as before.  The cost of milk powder in the domestic market is gradually increasing.  Some traders make seasonal purchases, some buy it to keep in the warehouse, counting on further price increases. I...

Due to seasonal character of milk production, milk prices are steadily increasing although in a slow pattern. The latest price monitoring has shown a slight increase in prices for all grades especially in Grade I.  Grade Extra increased to 10.16 UAH/kg (+0.06 UAH), Higher Grade — to 9.73 UAH/kg (+0.03 UAH), and Grade I — by 0.08 UAH up to 9.17 UAH/kg. The average price for all grades added 0.06 UAH a...

Despite the trend on the global dairy market, butter prices in Ukraine remain stable.  This is quite predictable, because production of this product is at the peak of the season now. At the same time, the «courage» of the importers who continued to actively import quite expensive European butter even last month is suprising: in June, imports of...

The deadline for the appointment of the Minister of Agrarian Policy and the re-establishment of the Agrarian Ministry in Ukraine is set for September of the current, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced at the meeting with Volyn region business representatives. «I do not know if we have enough time for that: we have one session week left, the next one. Then the Verkhovna Rada is in recess. I do not know if&n...

The decrease in dairy production at the height of the lockdown in April was later more than compensated: in May, production increased not only in comparison with April, but also turned out to be noticeably higher than in calm May last year. Compared to April, production growth in May took place in all commodity items, except for packaged milk and cheese product, where production decreased by 1% and 10%, respectively....

Before the start of the land market, farmers are extremely concerned about the consolidation of land areas. After all, scattered plots of land within one field, which will be cultivated by different owners or tenants, will significantly complicate the farmers’ work. This was discussed during the round table’s land panel «Topical agricultural and land issues», which took place in Uman with the participation of farmers, ministries' r...