Expert Opinion
Oleksandr Nazarko
CEO
Global Agro Finance

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…

Gеorgiі Kukhaіleshvili
analyst
Association of Milk Producers

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…

The Russian Federation launched 23 missiles at Ukraine

Today, the Russian Federation launched 23 missiles at Ukraine. One of the rockets hit a nine-story residential building in Uman, Cherkasy region, brutally killing civilians while they slept peacefully and bringing death and destruction hundreds of miles from any active front line.

Raw milk prices continue to decline

  • Thursday, 27 April 2023

Demining agricultural land is critically necessary, - Hanna Lavreniuk

According to the State Emergency Service, a third of the territory of Ukraine remains contaminated with explosive objects, including agricultural land. According to preliminary forecasts, in 2023, the area sown under agricultural crops will decrease by 7 million hectares (before the war, 29 million hectares were sown) - that is, MILLIONS OF HECTARES WILL NOT BE SOWN due to mining.

  • Tuesday, 25 April 2023

In the first quarter of 2023, the share of industrial milk increased by 3.95%

Despite the challenges of the ongoing russian-Ukrainian war, domestic producers continue to work on the productivity of animals, the quality and safety of raw milk.

  • Thursday, 20 April 2023

Dairy farms from the frontline and de-occupied territories are in critical need of demining

Dairy farms in the de-occupied and near-front areas without demining will NOT be able to prepare coarse fodder for livestock and will be forced to significantly reduce or completely CLOSE THE DAIRY DIRECTION.

  • Friday, 14 April 2023

Processors are interested in reducing raw milk prices

Raw milk prices in Ukraine as of March 27 remained unchanged since the Association of Milk Producers conducted preliminary monitoring on March 13. But on the spot market, milk still became cheaper by 19 kopecks.

  • Wednesday, 29 March 2023

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 niches for producers and exporters still remain in some countries.

  • Monday, 20 March 2023

The weighted average price of milk remains stable, despite changes in grades

Purchase prices for milk in the first decade of February showed a slight decrease. The reason for the decrease in all grades is the limited demand for dairy products on foreign markets, as well as certain circumstances on the Ukrainian market.

  • Monday, 13 February 2023

GDT auctions: the biggest increase in butter

On Wednesday, February 7, the 235th GDT auction took place, as a result of which the price index reached 1063 and increased by 33 points compared to the results of the previous auction on January 17. The index increased for the first time since December 2022.

  • Friday, 10 February 2023

The number of cows in all categories of farms decreased by 13% in 2022. Analytical results of the year

As of January 1, the cattle population amounted to 2.3 million heads, which is 12.6% less than last year.

  • Friday, 3 February 2023