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Lower prices for raw milk and a relatively normal consumer demand made the market conditions favorable for domestic cheese makers to make good money. But there is one serious problem – the flow of cheap European cheeses to Ukraine does not dry out.  Competition with imported cheeses makes domestic cheese-makers sell with big discounts on base prices in the range of 145−165 UAH/kg. Now it is a little easier for op...

As of 4/8/2020, prices for raw milk of all varieties began to decrease significantly. This time, Extra Grade milk and large volumes of raw materials have undergone tangible changes. This is reported by Volodymyr Andriyets, an analyst of the Association of Milk Producers. Thus, the average price for Extra Grade milk has decreased by 0,17 UAH compared to the previous period (wee...

As of April 6, 2020, data have been entered into the State GeoCadastre on 21.4 mln land plots with the total area of 43.8 mln ha (22.9 thou. newly formed land plots with the area of 21.9 thou. ha during the last week), including 14.3 mln agricultural land plots with the total area of 31.2 mln ha. As reported by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the process of entering information into the State GeoCadastre on administrative and territorial units is in ...

After a surge in consumer demand in retail caused by introduction of the COVID-19 emergency situation, the dairy market of Ukraine is expectably stabilizing and demand is reducing.  In retail trade, the demand is falling only now, but in HoReCa it collapsed two weeks ago. Exporters also can not boast of success, even despite the devaluation of hryvnia.  At the same t...

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament) adopted the Draft Law No. 2178−10 «On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Turnover of Agricultural Land» in the second reading. The relevant decision was supported by 259 MPs. Law comes into force on July 1, 2021. «We have walked a great, pleasant and valuable path together. We know that the l...

«It's kind of surreal. It's weird watching these markets implode on such limited data,» says Tom Bailey a senior dairy economist with RaboAgriFinance. «We are shifting our projections to what can effectively be described as a recession.»  Farmers and analysts alike expected milk prices to suffer at the hands of COVID-19. However, what started as a price impact estimate of 6% has quickly become a much...

The package of bills adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament) to prevent coronavirus (Covid-19) spread will eliminate taxes for business. This was announced by the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Economic Development, member of the Sluga Narodu faction Dmytro Natalukha. The bill provides for business no...

The decree «On Amendments to the Traffic Rules» that abolishes the need to obtain a permit for the movement of large agricultural machinery by roads and is developed by the experts of the Ukrainian Agri Council together with the Ministry of Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine, came into force. The corresponding document was published in the official edition of «Uryadovyy kuryer» of the central executive bodies of Ukraine dated March 7, 2020. So, now agrari...

According to the State Statistics Service, in January agricultural enterprises increased milk production by 0.4%. Agricultural enterprises also showed an increase in sales of raw milk for processing by 4.2% compared with January 2019. The share of extra-class milk in total volume of&...

Ukrainian cheese makers are now in a difficult situation.  On the one hand, growing imports of cheap European cheeses are putting pressure on the market; on the other hand, fresh dairy producers keep the purchase prices of milk high preventing cheesemakers from lowering them.   As a result, the profitability of many manufacturers is scanty, and the activities of some cheese factories are completely unprofitable. Even now, when the hryvnia exchange rate has fallen, the cos...