Category: Food

The Russian Agricultural Administration plans to allow the use of milk from leukemic cows for the production of dairy products. The decision to make appropriate changes to the technical regulation on "food safety" may be made soon. According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, this issue is now being discussed with other members of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Already this month, we should expect a price increase for vegetables of the “borsch set”. Of these, the highest price will rise for potatoes and onions. “All potatoes are infected with the disease. Cutting it, you can see dark spots inside,” says a farmer from Nikolaev. “Vegetables began to rot massively. The crop deteriorates and farmers lose their income, so the cost of potatoes quickly increased.

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture reports that in 2016 the production of pigs for slaughter in live weight for all categories increased by 9.4% compared with 2015. It seems that commercial breeders, unlike small private farmers, invest in production based on agricultural organizations.

The Russian state has identified state regions that are unfavorable for agriculture. Dmitry Medvedev, chairman of the government, signed a list of relevant regions. This list contains 29 subjects of the Russian Federation, which were classified as "unfavorable for agriculture" regions.

Dates: February 15-17, 2017 Venue: KyivExpoPlaza Exhibition Center, ul. Salyutnaya 2-b, Kiev, Ukraine Organizer: Kiev International Contract Fair The Agro Animal Show exhibition is held with the support of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the Federal Ministry of Economics of Germany and the Government of France.

Dates: February 15-17, 2017 Venue: KyivExpoPlaza Exhibition Center, ul. Salyutnaya 2-b, Kiev, Ukraine Organizer: Kiev International Contract Fair "Fruits. Vegetables. Logistics" is the main exhibition in Ukraine, where technologies of vegetable growing, industrial gardening and viticulture, technological development prospects and the investment potential of the branch are demonstrated.

The creation of chocolate products in Ukraine last year fell by 6% - to 170.4 thousand tons. According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, in 2015, 181.7 thousand tons of chocolate bars, tiles and sweets were made. Due to the loss of the Russian market as the main purchaser of chocolate products from Ukrainian producers, in 2016 the size of exports of chocolate plummeted.

Last year, Ukraine exported agricultural and food products worth $ 15.5 billion, which accounted for 42.5% of all exports. According to the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, Olga Trofimtseva, Ukrainian exports of agricultural products increased by 4.5% compared with 2015.

This week, the Ministry of Agriculture in Russia held a meeting to discuss the issue of locust harm and instructed the regions to take preventive pest control measures in 2017. During the meeting, it was noted that in recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of locusts, which among cases has caused problems for crops.

Veterinary watchdog of Russia yesterday announced that they plan to introduce a ban on New Zealand beef and beef products starting Monday next week. The results of laboratory tests conducted in 2016 showed that numerous violations of standards in the field of meat and meat products from New Zealand were identified.

According to the chairman of the Ukrainian Association of Suppliers of Retail Networks, Aleksey Doroshenko, product prices in January were record highs. He commented on the situation: “The Cabinet of Ministers, putting 8% inflation in the 2017 budget, did not count on such a significant increase in prices for products and goods at the beginning of the year.

The average salary of employees in agriculture, forestry and fisheries increased from 3,283 hryvnia to 4,956 hryvnia (51%) from January to December 2016. According to the State Statistics Committee, compared with December 2015, the amount of wages increased by 29.9%. In January-December last year, the wages of agricultural workers increased from 3,054 hryvnias to 4,417 hryvnias.

For the Ukrainian market, colored potatoes are still new and unusual, causing interest. But still the domestic Institute of Potato showed the results of research on potatoes, namely, two types of potatoes with colored coloring of the pulp of tubers. The first is called Solokha, the flesh of which is blue, and the second, Khortytsya, with a reddish tinge.

In February, Ukraine will completely fill out the annual quotas for 2017 for the duty-free export of poultry meat to the European Union, February 2, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovoy said. According to him, by mid-February, Ukraine will close quotas for poultry meat. In addition, the country has already filled in quotas for the supply of corn.

In Ukraine, intends to build three factories for the production of biological products based on soil bacteria. According to information received from the Public Relations Department of the Department of Agrarian and Industrial Development of the Volyn Oblast State Administration, one of these three plants will be built in the Volyn Oblast.

This week, Ukrainian exporters intend to start supplying Ukrainian cucumbers to the EU. Many of the Ukrainian firms that have already engaged in the supply of vegetables to the EU market, have announced their readiness for export. This is mostly about the Polish market. As exporters of "Info-Shuvar" said, not paying attention to the relatively high cost, European customers are already interested in Ukrainian cucumbers, and as a result, Ukrainian suppliers are actively negotiating with greenhouse

According to the data of the Public Relations Department of the Association of Milk Producers, the purchase price of milk in Ukraine in January of this year compared to January 2016 increased by almost 50%. It was reported that the average cost for milk of extra class for the year increased by 49% - up to 9.43 UAH / per liter (including VAT).

In 2016, Ukrainian farmers put agricultural products on the European Union market in the amount of $ 4.2 billion, which is 1.6% more compared to 2015, said the deputy director for research at the scientific center of the National Institute of Agrarian Economics, a member of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences, Nikolai Pugachev.

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