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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Farms of the Association of Milk Producers took part in a meeting with the President in Chernihiv Region
Valerii Kolosha, the head of PAE "Piskivske", the founding farm of AMP, raised acute problems for dairy farming during the meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi with the agrarians of Chernihiv region. The region ranks 3rd in the number of cattle and in terms of milk production.
The negative balance of milk exports reached $ 24 million
Within four months of 2020, the losses from the reduction in exports of Ukrainian dairy products amounted to 22.7 million dollars, the trade balance continues at a negative rate and has already reached 24 million dollars. In total, goods worth $ 64.7 million were exported during this period, which is 26% less than last year. At the end of four months, absolutely all categories of dairy products demonstrate "minus export".
The dairy industry continues to run short of raw materials
During the first quarter of 2020, processing enterprises received 847.2 thousand tons of milk, which is 3.5% less (30.9 thousand tons) than in the corresponding period last year. The decline in revenues came from the domestic sector, while commercial dairy farms increased supplies.
The crisis as a driver of positive change - in Ukraine there is an increase in extra milk
The growth of the share of quality milk is one of the indicators that has been maintaining stability for ten years. Despite the reduction in production, from year to year the processing enterprises receive more and more raw milk of the "extra" grade - both in relative and actual values. According to the results of the first quarter 2020, the share of extra grade is the largest in the structure of milk delivered for processing, for the first time in the history of independent Ukraine.