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ELISABETH SVIATKIVSKA, coordinator of the SMPU Eurointegration Commitee: Ukraine, as a big agricultural country, will significantly change the current common agricultural policy of the EU

– You recently participated in the International Forum of Dairy Cooperatives in Białystok. Your presentation was devoted to the Ukrainian dairy industry movement to the EU. What were the delegates interested in? What problems, in your opinion, are the biggest concern of Polish dairy farmers now? European farmers? Given our geographical proximity, close economic ties […]

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VASYL VINTONYAK, CEO Infagro: This year 18% of milk should be exported

In the first year of the full-scale russian invasion, Ukraine increased its exports.  Last year, it significantly decreased. Previously, Infagro analysts predicted a decrease in the volume of exports of dairy products in 2024, but now there are reasons to revise these forecasts. Unfortunately, the growth rate in the consumption of dairy products is lower […]

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ARSEN DIDUR, Executive Director of SMPU: The agrarian industries of Ukraine and the EU need to converge, not get separated

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 […]

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MYRON PUNDOR, coordinator of Dutch projects to support & develop the dairy industry in Ukraine, research consultant of the IFCN: Milk processors can stimulate quality changes in the dairy industry by creating demand for quality raw milk with significantly higher fat and protein content

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 […]

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OLGA KOZAK, IFCN representative in Ukraine, Dr. of Econ. Sc., Lead Researcher, NSC IAE: The full-scale invasion of the russian federation into Ukraine affects the world milk market

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 […]

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VITALIY BASHYNSKY, Head of the Public Council under the State Production and Consumer Service of Ukraine, International FAO Expert: On food quality and safety and state control in the dairy industry

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 […]

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ARSEN DIDUR, Executive Director of Dairy Union of Ukraine: Ukrainian dairy industry should become a full-fledged part of the European dairy market

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? […]

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ALICE O’DONOVAN, Policy & Legal Adviser to Eucolait: World dairy markets: tendencies, prices, prospects, impact of Ukraine

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 […]

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VASYL VINTONYAK, Director Infagro: The war is changing milk balances – course towards exports

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 […]

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VASYL VINTONYAK, Director Infagro: Ukrainian dairy industry is confidently holding its “front” bringing the Victory closer

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 […]

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