Cooperatives. Ukrainian practice
Tatiana Antonenko, International Dairy Magazine
For two years, «Milkiland-Ukraine» is implementing a program of creating dairy cooperatives. About the problems and the first victory in an interview with us (MAF#3, 2012) told Viktor Rzhavichev, now the director of supply of raw materials Milkiland NV.
«Gilded youth»
Mykailo Bilokin, chief veterinarian of ADP
At the Ukrainian farms we can quite often seen underfilled cattle production capacity and small technological groups. Due to the lack of quality repair stock, low production cows are kept in herds for too long.
Silage and haylage making: basic mistakes and how to avoid them
Dmytro Donchenko, the author of technologies and co-founder of «Ukrprolife»
Juicy feed occupy a large share in the rations of dairy cattle. Over the centuries as the main juicy feed for dairy cows always use silage and haylage. Their nutritional value and quality are critical factors in the performance and health of the herd.
Milk Day in Ukraine
Dmytro Simonov
Thanks to the Association of Dairy Producers, this year Ukraine joined to the celebration of World Milk Day. It happened at the Song Festival Ground in Kiev, where at the first day of summer about 30,000 residents and guests gathered.
How cow Laska entered the market
Last year the farm «named after Shevchenko» in Uhryniv village Horokhiv district, Volyn region, opened their own processing facility and locked milk production cycle from farm to fork. Now the products under the brand name «UhrynivMoloko» gradually take their place in the local market.
What consumers wait from organic products
Tatiana Antonenko, International Dairy Magazine
Patient Ukrainian consumer, after the habit of Soviet Union modest grocery shelves suffered the shock of a variety of cheap food stalls at the supermarkets, wasn’t long happy with foreign colorful wraps. Common sense prevailed, and the words «this is our, domestic, natural» showed that people «overeat» imported and came back to a simpler but domestic.
Schmallenberg disease in facts and figures
(Adapted from foreign sources)
Vladislav Hanyeyev, Candidate of Veterinary Science
History and distribution
Schmallenberg disease, which is still not fully understood, and causes a lot of controversy, was first described in Northern Europe in the summer of 2011. Then there were reports that the German dairy cows have signs of fever, anorexia, decreased their milk yield (50%), the animals lost weight. Incidence rate of herds was high (20-70%) within 2-3 weeks,and sick animals recovered in a few days.
In search of the «stars» or Peculiarities of National Veterinarian Hunting
Galina Zapevalova, head of the employment agency AgroJob, the official recruitment partner of the AMP and APPU
Recruiting or selection of the staff is a work aimed at finding those employees which are needed by enterprise. It would seem that recruitment is natural. However, in practice, it turns out, employers and their potential employees are exposed to a lot of «surprises». It is not so simple. About the specialists in agriculture, employment agencies, search of professionals and maneuvers between underwater rocks on the sea of recruiting we will speak in this article.
Feeding Management
Sergiy Fyl, head of breeding Consulting Center AMP
Old is the truth that milk is at the cows’ tongue. Of course, to have high productive cow, it must be timely and high-quality fed. However, as it turned out, just to put feed on the fodder place is not enough — you need to establish a mechanism of feeding. It is so sensitive that even a small oversight can crash the entire system.
Cornstarch, its types and significance for feeding dairy cattle
Maria Yaroshko, MA MBA, Associate NimATs
Quality corn silage best meets the needs of ruminants among all the roughage. It is characterized by a high concentration of energy and digestibility and a good milk production stimulating feed. The value of corn silage depends on the cultivation of maize, technology of harvesting silage, hybrids proper selection and harvesting time.
