The war that russia started against Ukraine and the entire civilized world continues. For two months of hostilities there has been caused enormous damage to economy of our country, including agriculture. The sown areas have been shrunk, the seaports through which the main flow of food exports had been passing were blocked. The world began […]
Two months of Russia’s war on Ukraine have already caused tens of thousands of deaths among the military and civilians, ruined cities and lives of millions of Ukrainians. But Ukrainians are not the only nation that will feel the impact of this war. And not only Russians will feel it due to the pressure of […]
The second month of the war. The shock of the first days is over. We can say that our dairy companies have re-established all logistic ties, except for exports. The state lent a hand by introducing the purchase of dairy products – cheese, butter, milk powder, condensed and UHT milk. Currently, 30% of dairy products […]
Ukrainian milk prices are the third highest in Europe after Cyprus and Malta. This was stated by Vadym Chagarovsky, Chairman of the Dairy Union of Ukraine. “Currently, Europe has accumulated a surplus of raw milk, and Ukraine is lacking it,” he said. “I do not share the optimistic forecast that consumption of dairy products this […]
Ukrainian cheese market is subject to constant changes and unfortunately most of them are not positive. There are several reasons for such a pessimistic assessment of the state of Ukrainian cheese-making industry, both external and internal. The domestic reasons comprise the significant shortage of raw milk, and therefore high prices of raw milk. In addition, […]
Previously, Ukrainian dairies had significant surpluses of raw milk in the summer and could use it for exports aimed production. This year the situation has radically changed. As early as in mid-summer, exports of dairy products began to fall sharply despite the relatively high prices on the world dairy market. At the same time, there […]
Ukrainian dairy producers are now summing up the results of their half-year activities. Few of them can boast of excellent results. The profits of dairy farmers who had decent earnings in previous years, this year are very modest. This is unusual for them and they almost do not increase production. As expected, village households continue […]
In his exclusive interview to agrolive.by Oleg Dymar, Ph.D, Professor, shared his views on the stateof Belarusian dairy. In particular, he spoke on the possibility of supplyof Belarusian dairy to EU. Speaking on the international dairy trade, Oleg Dymar said that the so called “ dairy wars” between Belarus and Russia would go on and […]
The expected growth in dairy imports may leave no chance to Ukrainian dairy producers to revive the industry. Ukraine is now less dependent on foreign markets – Ukrainian dairy producers actually have nothing to sell. But at the same time, the influence of imports is increasing. The prices for dairy products in Ukraine remain quite […]
At the moment this commentary is being written, everything revolves around how the world, people and, above all, economy can return to normal life from the rigidity of pandemic containment without causing further damage. A further lockdown, which would undoubtedly be imposed if the infection figures were to flare up again, would in all probability […]
