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Changes in the State standard of Ukraine will come into forceon 1 January 2018. There will be only three grades of milk: extra grade, This mean that the milk of the second grade or lower grade won't be used in processing. This is due to the fact that milk production in Ukraine is directed to...

Andriy Yarmak, economist of investment center FAO, reported on this page in Facebook that the index of milk profitability production «Ukrainian dairy index (UDI)» is 30% higher than in the same period of 2016. In May 2017 farmers earned 30% more on every liter of milk than in May 2016. Mr. Yarmak points out that this is a real and not nominal profit because the cost part w...

Dr Evgeny Nepoklonov, Vice-minister at the Russian Ministry of Agriculture has reported an outbreak of lumpy skin disease at Dergachevsky in Saratov Oblast. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received on 13 June. According to the report, the outbreak was first observed on 5 June and confirmed 9 June.  The OIE reports that the affected...

In the first quarter of 2017, the tendency of significant growth of investments in agriculture remained. This was reported by the press service of the National scientific center «Institute of agrarian economy». According to the State statistics service of Ukraine,...

The mass vaccination of cattle implemented in south-eastern Europe successfully contained the outbreaks of lumpy skin disease in the region in 2015-16. This is the main conclusion of an epidemiological analysis carried out by EFSA in cooperation with countries affected by the disease and those at risk. This report follows EFSA’s scientific a...

In April, New Zealand dairy exports increased in volume and value, but this is not enough to bring exports in positive in January-April 2017, as compared to the same period of 2016. The first quarter of this year marks a contraction in volume: -4.8%. Anyhow, export’s value boosts (+20.6%). In a negative phase, whey powder, milk and cream exports, do a good...

Between January and April 2017, US dairy products increased their trend-based exportsboth in volume (+13.5%) and in value (+22.5%). Main destination countries were Mexico, Central and Latin America, followed by China and Southeast Asia. Asean area had a strong growth. Overall, total exports in milk equi...

The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction took place on Tuesday, rising 0.6%.  The GDT Price Index rose by 0.6% on Tuesday. Skimmed Milk Powder rose by 7.9%, while Whole Milk Powder fell by 2.9%. Cheddar saw the largest increase, up 14.5%. Meanwhile, the butter index rose 3.3%,...

Every 1% of annual milk production increase in the US represents 1m tonnes of milk. US milk production was 2% higher than April 2016, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The increase can be attributed to a surge in cow numbers, with dairy cows up by 69,000 from l...

Mission of the competent authority of the People's Republic of China has completed its work on the evaluation of the national state control system on food safety in the part of beef production in Ukraine. Preliminary results have been discussed today, on the 27th of April, 2017 during the meeting of the representatives from Chinese delegation with the Head of the State Service of&nb...