AGRA-EUROPE, Independent European Press- and Information Service on Agrarian Policy and Economy, published the interview with Arsen Didur, Executive Director od the Dairy Union of Ukraine: AgЕ: For ten years your country is in a state of war. In the last two years Russia intensified its attacks on your country. How are you and […]
The purchase price of milk is something that milk producers and processors are always debating. Usually, only the volume of supply and the price of milk are discussed. The fat and protein content of the milk that will be processed are of little concern to processors. This is wrong. After all, the outcome of the […]
The war in Ukraine affects the global milk market. This was the opinion expressed by the participants of the 24th IFCN International Dairy Conference “Energy crisis dairy world: challenge or opportunity?”. Olga Kozak, Doctor of Economics, Chief Researcher of the National Research Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics”, is informing about the event at which […]
Vitaly Bashynsky, Head of the Public Council under the State Production and Consumer Service of Ukraine, International FAO Expert on Veterinary Medicine and Food Safety, shared his thoughts on the quality control of raw milk and dairy products, analyzed the reasons for the existence of falsification on Ukrainian dairy market and expressed his vision of […]
Dairy Policy Conference, organized be European Dairy Association, was held on 8 Match in Brussels. The Union of Dairy Enterprises of Ukraine was represented by Arsen Didur, Executive director of the Union, and Valentyn Zaporoshchuk, the Union Board member. What are your impressions on general atmosphere of the event? Why did you decide to participate? […]
2022 has been an eventful year for world markets, as a perfect storm of inflation, fluctuating production, the hangover from COVID and the secondary consequences of the illegal and unprovoked Russian aggression combine and influence buying and selling. Globally, dairy trade declined year on year during the first half of 2022, although there is evidence […]
In the pre-war 2021, many analysts claimed that Ukraine had already become a net importer of dairy products, significantly reducing exports and increasing imports. It was even stated that dairy imports were of 1 million tons of raw milk equivalent. At the same time, Infagro analysts were not so pessimistic at the time (exports were […]
In Febrary russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine changed everything in our lives, and the plans of Ukrainian dairy farmers and processors were also destroyed. The enemy occupied the territories where dairy farmers had peacefully worked and dairy plants were successfully functioning. Thanks to the heroism of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, part of the territory of […]
The strained relationship between food suppliers and retail chains has recently become even more acute than ever. Retailers for years have been ignoring dissatisfaction of their suppliers with neglecting their rights. Recently they noticed that this dissatisfaction has transformed into action, namely, the active participation of food producers’ associations in preparation of the bills aimed […]
With the entry of NZX and EEX as shareholders, Global Dairy Trade (GDT) evolves from an export sales tool of more or less only a single nation, namely New Zealand, into a much more worldwide ac-tive auction platform. At least, this is what Fonterra and the two stock exchanges seem to think. But is the […]
