Denis Sergienko: «The time, when everyone is playing in his sandbox, passed»
The price of milk determines the Ukrainian market. End-users in the last year became poor with empty wallets. We loose markets in the Crimea, Donbass, in Russia. Exports in Southeast Asia, which could absorb a significant part of our dairy products, are very sluggish. If there are no preconditions for the growth of the price of milk, it is necessary to look for reserves in itself. The director of the Advisory Center ADP Denis Sergienko is convinced in it. And even today, when the circumstances are such that the cost can exceed the maximum price, it does not mean you have to cull the cows. Maybe it makes sense to transfer certain funds to the livestock from crop. Because losing a heard today, tomorrow it will not return. And the years of investment in equipment and technology will be used in anywhere.
Revival of organic: bedding from manure
Taras Degodyuk, a consultant on the use of organic fertilizers Ltd. "AG-BAG-Ukraina"
Recent calculations of the economic efficiency of mineral fertilizers have shown that due to rising prices of chemical products used in their farms become less profitable than it was at the beginning of last year.
Concentrated feeds
ValeriyaPekin, agricultural market analyst company "Phoenix Agro"
Brewer’s grain
The main factors determining the price of grain in the domestic market, is a reorientation of the export sales of the product and the fluctuations of the national currency. The tone is set in pricing the big players. In late April, Ukraine's grain worth 4600-5000 USD./t (EXW).
Focus on quality roughage
Vladimir Mirnenko, LLC «Potinger Ukraine»
Producers can not affect the purchase price of milk, but they can control its cost. Even the best companies of Ukraine have the reserves to reduce the cost.
Hay for calves: Pros and Cons
Olga Zarytska
What are our decisions based on how calves should be fed during milk period? The results of years of research indicate that in addition to milk they need to be given concentrates with high content of nutrients.
Sand Bedding: important details
Olga Zarytska
The choice of bedding for cows is one of the most important decision because it should reflect the style of management and aims of the farm. Sand is considered to be the gold standard: it increases the comfort of cows, increases rest period, protects against diseases of the udder and hooves. However, along with the benefits, there are many difficulties associated with its use.
What we feed and sell: European legislation demands to feed and beef
Ruslana Butylo, Head of Anlytical Department of Dykun Company
We continue a series of articles about the requirements of the EU to conduct milk and meat business. This time, our attention is focused on the hygiene of feeds, animal identification and labeling requirements of beef.
Common interests knit
Olga Zarytska
From previous material we learned a lot about Holsteins. A purposeful breeding work in the United States and Canada made a selection of North American Holstein breed known worldwide.
Forage conservation: results of 2014
Sergey Fyl, head of dairy production technology CC ADP
Every year in the farms which are members of the Association of Dairy Producers (ADP) the quality of forage is improving. This is the result of joint efforts of farm experts and Counseling Center, the study of best practices, as well as their own trial and errors. It’s time to analyzeroughage for cows which was harvested in 2014.
At the edge of common sense and fiction
Elena Melnik
This time we are going to disarrange the structureand presentation of information. Immediately after the interview we’ll post two materials about dairy tour to the USA. It was in early December and was organized by FAO and EBRD. The trip was full of interesting and useful meetings and sometimes contradictory information that prompted to think and spawned many new ideas.
