Corn challenge from Alsace

In September, the National Federation of Seed Maize and sorghum France (FNPSMS) organized for the representatives of Ukrainian agricultural publications press tour. The goal was to show the production of maize seed, including the silo, and which place culture takes in feeding dairy and beef cattle. This will be a story about innovative approaches and interesting solutions, quality and stable development. But the most striking is that the French farmer with 30 hectares of land feels himself a producer of corn seed number one in Europe.

How to win a place under the sun

Probably every milkman once in his life thought about their own processing. However, not everyone dares to take this step. The chairman of the Board of JSC «Plemzavod „Stepnoi “» Anatoly Volkov desired to deal with it for a long time.

Denis Sergienko: «Flawless technology of growing and harvesting of roughage is our best investment»

Subject cost of milk will remain relevant as long as we do not learn to manage it properly. The biggest item of expenditure in the cost structure of milk production is feed (60-65%), including gross (20-25%). They are the reserve, which are often underestimated.

Jacob Brandt: «Poor farmers in a good year earns less than a good farmer in the poor year»

Since 2004, except for a sharp decline in 2009, the purchase price for milk in the world gradually increased against the background of increasing demand. In the first half of 2015 the situation changed dramatically for several reasons, particularly because of reduced purchases by China, Russian embargo on European and US dairy products and the abolition of quotas on milk production in the EU.

Non-protein nitrogen. What is it? With what is it eaten? What is withheld when they sell?

In contrast to the single-chamber stomach animals, animals with multi-chamber stomach (actually, it is about cows) in the mesh of the fissile stomach protein products can replace the production of large-scale chemistry.

Milk race with obstacles

Olga Zaritskaya

For many milk producers 2014 was a turning point — it was necessary to suspend the implementation of large projects. It happened with the Dutchman Kees Hayzingoy. Director and co-owner of «Kischentsy» had high hopes for the future of Ukrainian dairy industry. He began to build a dairy unit for 3,5 thousand cows. Plans, though were postponed until better times, but milk production has not stopped.

III Dutch Milk Day in Ukraine

On September 17 at the farm «Kischentsy» (Dobra village, Cherkasy region.) III Dutch Milk Day was held. The event was organized by the Association of Dairy Producers, The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Ukraine and the company «Dykun».

Will the new sunflower meal be cheaper?

Valery Pekin, the analyst of «Phoenix Agro»

End of 2014/15 marketing year was marked by a deficit in the domestic market of sunflower. Farmers considered unworthy purchase prices and didn’t sale oilseeds.

French Milk Day in Ukraine

Om July 21 in Ukraine for the first time was held the French milk a day. The event was held in JV «Lomovate» (Cherkasy region), which is the manufacturing base of «Euralis Semens Ukraine.» Organizers of the event were the Association of Dairy Producers and the company «Dykun», supported by the French Embassy in Ukraine.

One step away from the most technologically advanced dairy farm in Ukraine

On 17 of July at PAL «Ukraine» (HC «Eridon»), that is in the Pochuyky village Popilnyansky district, Zhytomyr region., was the official opening of the first stage of the dairy complex with automated milking. Its design capacity is 1,000 dairy cows.