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 […]
Very soon Infagro analytical agency will present a new report containing detailed analysis of Ukrainian cheese market. In this comment there is a brief cheese market overview. Ukrainian cheese market is prone to constant changes and, unfortunately, most of them cannot be called positive for Ukrainian cheese makers. There is a number of both external […]
According to official statistics, milk production in Ukraine is about 9 million tons, but we donot have such volume. In fact, we have no more than 6 million tons. There has never been no such low production, processing and consumption of milk in Ukraine for last hundred of years. For example, in 1991-1995, we were […]
Shortage of raw milk in Ukraine, as it was predicted by scientists of the Institute of Agricultural Economics, in 2019 led to the growth of imports of all types of dairy products. Global food market has adequately and promptly responded to a shortage of raw milk in Ukraine and filled it with ready-made dairy products […]
In 2019, production of domestic dairy products decreased by 5-6%. The reason is a set of crises in the dairy industry. The current crisis is the predicted result of our government’s inaction in the years of independence. Support for dairy cattle breeding in our country was minimal. To stop the decline in milk production and […]
Life is full of disappointments and injustices, which is especially true for business life. The dairy industry may find it extremely unfair to be directly involved in the war of subsidies between the US aircraft manufacturer Boeing and its European counterpart Airbus. After all, what has the A320 got to do with cheese other than […]
