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Benchmarking in pig farming: cognition comes through comparison

03.02.2016 18:02:00
№ 1’2016 (31)
Management . Еconomics

At the present moment benchmarking is a vogue word in administrative sphere. In Ukraine it is regarded cautiously and with mistrust, bewaring that benchmarking can be ‘a commercial scouting.’ And this is when farmers in progressive pig breeding countries pay quite a sum of money to use this instrument.

External trade as controller of domestic market

02.02.2016 17:18:00
№ 1’2016 (31)
Hot topic

It is well-known that price on the market forms in the trade-off point of demand and supply. While in previous years pig producers in Ukraine were oriented exclusively for domestic consumers, but the last year the external demand was compensated by weaker appetites of Ukrainians. At the beginning of 2016 the situation has changed. The main consumer of Ukrainian pork — Russia — has abandoned goods and promotion of trading relations with EU and Canada, who are pork net exporters, bothers market players. You can read about Ukrainian pork trade in 2015 and prospects for current year in our research below.

Immunocastration: minus flavour, plus profit

02.02.2016 17:00:00
№ 1’2016 (31)
Management . Еconomics

Deep smell of feces and urine is a peculiarity of mature intact boars’ meat. To avoid this situation, boars are traditionally castrated on first days of life. But concern about animal welfare was an impact to invent a new method — immunocastration. You can read about its advantage in the article below.

Barkom, LLC: the success of vertical integration in Ukraine

02.02.2016 16:06:00
№ 1’2016 (31)
Focus

At crisis many people complain that do and develop business is difficult. They say not now... But if there is a goal it is possible to reach it despite the circumstances. Such sense of purpose is worthwhile learning from executive staff of Barkom, LLC. They managed to turn small kiosks into powerful vertically-integrated enterprise. Oleg Baran, the founder member of the company told about the way through hardships.

«If we haven't found someting new, we'd have „folded up“ our business long ago»

30.12.2015 17:10:00
№ 6’2015 (30)
Focus

Every household has its own individuality that distinguishes it among others. Novyi riven 2006, FE confirmed it once more. All about household’s peculiarities told Maryna Golubka, its head.

Top list of the biggest pig producers

30.12.2015 16:17:00
№ 6’2015 (30)
Markets overview

At the end of every year the Association of Pig Breeders of Ukraine traditionally makes public «Top list of the biggest pig producers». 2015 is no exception. Names of the Five remain unchanged but the pig breeding TOP-5 has outlasted structural modifications:

Dangerous temptation: shadow market of drugs! |

30.12.2015 16:14:00
№ 6’2015 (30)
Health status

Mateo del Pozo African swine fever: questions and answers

30.12.2015 15:50:00
№ 6’2015 (30)
Health status

African swine fever (ASF) is no more an exotic disease from A-list of International Epizootic Bureau but the reality of Ukrainian pig farming. Despite the considerable amount of information about ASF, there are more questions than answers. Spanish expert, member of Animal Health Research Institute, doctor Mateo del Pozo helped to find them during the meeting with pig producers organized by Zoetis Ukraine.

African swine fever in Ukraine in 2014-2015: situation, dangers and challenges

30.12.2015 14:31:00
№ 6’2015 (30)
Hot topic

Over the past year 38 ASF-troubled places were found in Ukraine. Backyard farms are prevalent in number of outbreaks (6 — wild boars, 31 — backyard animals). During 2015 several oblasts reported about cases of ASF: Chernigiv — 13 cases, Sumy and Kyiv — 6 cases, Mykolaiv — 4 cases, Rivne, Odesa, and Poltava — 2 cases, Zhytomyr and Cherkasy — 1 case each. The quarantine measures are still being kept in 14 ASF-unfortunate points in Kyiv, Chernigiv, Sumy, Odesa, Mykolaiv and Cherkasy oblasts.

How pigs are lying

02.02.2015 17:15:00
№ 1’2015 (25)
Signals of pigs

The pigs’ behavior tells all about how animals feel themselves and how comfortable are the housing conditions, created by you. Learn reading these signs!

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