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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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.
AMP has published the TOP-15 most productive farms
Association of Milk Producers has compiled a productivity rating among the member farms. It includes the TOP-15 farms with an annual yield of more than 10,000 kilograms per cow.
AMP has created Ukraine Dairy Map
Analytical Department of the Association of Milk Producers presented dairy industry map of Ukraine within the framework of the XII International Dairy Congress. The map shows the main facts about dairy farming and dairy industry of Ukraine.