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…

Number of cows on February 1: the most dairy areas are still reducing the number of livestock

As of February 1, there are 1,552.7 thousand cows in Ukraine, which is 6.6% less than in February last year.

  • Friday, 18 February 2022

Ukraine dairy map 2022. Infographics

The share of extra grade in milk submitted for processing has increased to almost 40%. The industrial sector managed to keep the number of cows at the level of the previous year. The list of major importers of dairy products was led by Poland, Germany and the Netherlands.

  • Thursday, 17 February 2022

Meeting rising demand for dairy with a smaller carbon footprint

Global demand for dairy products is rising fast, meaning milk production must grow fast as well. However, the dairy industry has a large carbon footprint so investing in productivity and resource efficiency is fundamental to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions from increased milk production.

  • Tuesday, 15 February 2022

European Green Course: how does it affect Ukrainian dairy farms?

Much attention of the international community is focused on "greening" and global climate strategies. There are already very conflicting data on the impact of dairy farming on greenhouse gas emissions and the damage they cause. New global initiatives will definitely not bypass Ukraine. More about this in our article.

  • Friday, 11 February 2022

We identify the most productive dairy farms. Rating "Dairy records of Ukraine"

Dear colleagues, we invite you to take part in the rating "Dairy Records of Ukraine", the results of which will be summed up during the XV International Dairy Congress, which will be held February 28 - March 1, 2022 in the "KyivExpoPlaza" (Amsterdam, 1, Berezivka , Kyiv region).

  • Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Most processed is extra grade milk. Yana Linetska

According to the results of 2021, milk processing enterprises received 3 million 197.8 thousand tons of milk, which is 8.9% less than in 2020. At the same time, the share of milk from industrial farms is 4.5 times higher than the volume of supplies from the homestead sector, and the extra grade in the structure of supplies surpassed last year's figures by 10%.

  • Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Conditions for effective motivation of staff on the farm. Kateryna Dudka, IFC

According to various estimates, 20 to 50% of productivity in dairy farming does not depend on technology or equipment on farms, but on management - that is, on how staff work. The issue of team motivation is important.

  • Wednesday, 2 February 2022

New dates of the International Dairy Congress 28.02-01.03

The 15th International Dairy Congress will be held from February 28 to March 1, 2022.

  • Tuesday, 1 February 2022

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.

  • Wednesday, 19 January 2022

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.

  • Friday, 14 January 2022