Creating markets in times of crises: Connecting Ukrainian farmers to the world
Heinz Strubenhoff, Senior Private Sector Specialist – World Bank shared his view on Ukrainian agri and food export opportunities on brookings.edu.
Heinz Strubenhoff, Senior Private Sector Specialist – World Bank shared his view on Ukrainian agri and food export opportunities on brookings.edu.
Janis Sholks, head of the Union of Latvian milk processors, speaking at Radio Baltkom in the program “Morning on Baltkom”, said that the Russian embargo does not affect Latvian dairy industry anymore and the volume of exported dairy products outperformed that of 2014.
Earlier, Ukraine has been among the major players in the global dairy market. But during 2005-2010 there occured a substantial reduction in milk production and dairies got reoriented to produce more profitable dairy produce. Then milk powder production in the country and milk powder exports […]
Raw milk prices in Ukraine have been demonstrating a downward trend since February. April will not be an exception. The expected decline in the Infagro index will be 9 points (4.2%) to March, which is 32 points (18.4%) higher than in April 2016 – INFAGRO
Recently the Ministry of Health of Ukraine published the Draft Order “On approval of the norms of physiological needs of the population of Ukraine in nutrients and energy.” Like all regulatory documents that somehow affect the consumer basket of food and budgetary costs, the development of this document was not easy. But the update is […]
Global Dairy Trade has not been setting, but – let’s say benchmarking the worldwide prices for dairy commodities for almost a decade. From a relative small start with only Fonterra behind it selling WMP only, Global Dairy Trade has developed into a platform that trades eight commodity items from handful of manufacturers that belong quite […]
The spring surplus of milk makes Ukrainian dairy processors, albeit reluctantly, but increase drying of milk. The reason for the lack of enthusiasm is evident: firstly, the price for this product is too low, and secondly – raw milk is still not so cheap to profitably manufacture powdered milk. – INFAGRO
Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, has signed the Customs Code of EAEU. This was confirmed by spokeswoman of the Head of State Natalie Eysmont. – BELTA
As it is always the case in spring, on the eve of the period of “big milk” the dairy market of Ukraine is turbulent. Processors are tired of the months of work at a loss, and consumers do not have money to pay for expensive dairy products. Accordingly, dairies are cutting production. They cannot earn […]
In the last three years Ukrainian cheese-making industry has undergone cardinal changes. Because of the geopolitical and economic crisis, cheese production, exports and even internal sales of cheese has reduced drastically. Ukrainian producers have not found new, alternative markets to substitute the market of Russia, and seems that in the coming years there will not […]