Summer camps for keeping cows in winter - advantages and disadvantages
Many farmers keep animals in summer camps, and many do so in winter. Exercise for cows. Fresh air. Reduced care costs? Is it really that…
Between proficit and deficit: an overview of the global dairy market
Despite the decrease in prices for milk raw materials in Europe, too much export supply for dairy products and weak demand on foreign markets, attractive…
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Number of cows on January 1: Will the dairy sector continue to transform?
According to published preliminary data of the SSSU, the total number of cows in Ukraine as of January 1, 2022 decreased by 6.6% - to 1 million 563.3 thousand heads.
Antibiotic resistance: new rules for dairy farms. Vitalіі Bashynskyi
One of the requirements of the new Law on Veterinary Medicine is a ban on the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry for prophylactic purposes. Vitalii Bashynskyi, the head of the Public Council at the State Service of Ukraine of Food Safety and Consumer Protection, explains why such a need arose and how it concerns dairy farms.
AMP is deepening cooperation with the Swiss Cooperation Office and UNDP
On November 24, the team of the back office and active members of the Association of Milk Producers (AMР) met with the organizers of the project "Strengthening Business Associations of Small and Medium Enterprises" - representatives of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Ukraine (SECO) and UNDP in Ukraine.
Number of cows as of November 1: еight oblasts increase industrial livestock
As of November 1, the number of cows in Ukraine decreased by 6.1%. Their total number was 1 million 634.6 thousand heads. Industrial farms remained with last year's figures - 420.6 thousand heads, which corresponds to 25.7% of the total population. The remaining 1 million 214 thousand heads (74.3%) were kept in the household sector - here the statistics recorded a drop in livestock of 8%.
Prices for raw milk are stabilizing. AMР analytical report
Expectations to stabilize the upward price trend are confirmed. Monitoring of prices this week showed the same average prices for milk from the farm.
Milk production in Ukraine is declining. Results of 10 months
Gross milk yield for 10 months of the current year amounted to 7 million 528.4 thousand tons, which is 6% less than for the same period last year. This was due to a significant drop in production in households.