In January-October 2023, raw milk production by farms of all categories decreased by 6% to 6277.4 thousand tons compared to the same period last year, while industrial enterprises increased production and households reduced it, according to the Association of Milk Producers (AMP) based on the analysis of data from the State Statistics Service.
According to the report, in October 2023, milk yields in Ukraine amounted to 610.50 thousand tons, which is 3% less than in September this year and 6% less than in October 2022. At the same time, since the beginning of 2023, the share of enterprises in the production of raw milk has amounted to 37%, and households – 63%.
According to the AMP, in January-October 2023, enterprises increased milk production by 7% to 2341.4 thousand tons. In October this year, industrial milk producers increased their production to 228.9 thousand tons, which is 2% more than in September and 7% more than in October last year.
At the same time, households reduced milk production by 14% to 3936 thousand tons in 10 months of 2023 compared to the same period last year. In October 2023, the volume of milk yields in the population amounted to 381.6 thousand tons, which is 7% less than in September and 13% less than in October 2022.
According to Giorgi Kukhaleishvili, AMP analyst, the overall decline in raw milk production in Ukraine is mainly due to a drop in milk yields in households that have suffered the most from the consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
“Despite these challenges, agricultural enterprises have managed to adapt to wartime conditions and increase raw milk production in the territories controlled by Ukraine. It should be noted that it is mainly extra-virgin milk produced by the enterprises that is processed. Ukraine is gradually switching to food processing of milk exclusively to this type of raw material,” the expert stated.
In January-October 2023, an increase in raw milk production was observed in farms of all categories in Kyiv (+4.3%), Cherkasy (+3%), Khmelnytsky (+2.1%), Chernihiv (+2%), Rivne (+0.7%), Poltava (+1.3%), and Kharkiv (+3.1%) regions.
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During the UKRAINIAN SPECIAL BUILDING AWARDS IBUILD will recognize the best representatives of the construction industry – companies that have survived in the market, support the economy and contribute to the reconstruction.
We remind you that the deadline for applications is November 27, 2023❗.
IBUILD 2023 has the following nominations:
– Developer 2023
– Temporary accommodation project 2023
– Contractor 2023
– Restoration project 2023
– Manufacturer of building materials 2023
– Residential complex 2023
– Partner bank 2023
– Residential complex project 2023
– Real estate law firm 2023
– Socially responsible business 2023
– Special nomination*.
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On November 22, the humanitarian movement UAnimals launched Animalism, an online charity shop aimed at drawing attention to the problems of animals during the war and raising money to save them. The store’s first collection, “Red Data Book”, is dedicated to species that may disappear due to Russian aggression and human negligence. 100% of the funds raised will be directed to UAnimals’ animal welfare activities.
– The Red Data Book collection is another way to remind us that not only many individual animals may die because of the war, but entire species may disappear. We have been talking about this constantly since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In fact, for this purpose, UAnimals also launched an international information campaign #StopEcocideUkraine to inform about the consequences of the war for animals and nature in general. It is difficult to measure these consequences right now, if only because there is no access to the occupied territories, but these consequences are terrible and will be felt for decades to come and far beyond Ukraine,” says UAnimals founder Oleksandr Todorchuk.
You can get acquainted with the Red Book collection and place an order at https://animalism.shop. The Animalism by UAnimals store offers high-quality and comfortable items from local producers. For example, sweatshirts, T-shirts, whistles, scarves, blankets, and other items depicting the speckled owl, black stork, common polecat, Eurasian lynx, and other rare animals.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, UAnimals has been saving animals from the war in Ukraine by supporting shelters and volunteers, sending food and medicine to animals, as well as sterilizing and evacuating stray animals from the frontline regions. Thousands of the animals we help have suffered directly from the war and the actions of the Russian army: they have been injured by shrapnel, hit mines, etc. UAnimals rescues animals of all kinds – domestic, pets, wild – regardless of their size, color, breed, or other characteristics. The organization is guided by the belief that every life matters.
On November 19, 2023, the VIII International Forum of Winemakers and Sommeliers was held in Kyiv, at the InterContinental Kyiv Hotel (2A Velyka Zhytomyrska St.), within the framework of which the following events took place:
– The jubilee XX All-Ukrainian Sommelier Competition “Master Sommelier – 2022-2023”,
– VII All-Ukrainian Cavist Competition “Best Cavist of Ukraine – 2022-2023”,
– Round table of winemakers and sommeliers as part of the Winemakers’ Dinner,
– Open tastings and presentations of wines, spirits, cheeses and other products for all guests of the events.
Organizers of professional events:
– Ukrainian Association of Winemakers and Sommeliers,
– Association of Cavists of Ukraine,
– The first in Ukraine Master Class Sommelier School.
General Partner – TM “Vinos dela Luz”
Partners: TM Big Wines, SV plus, Poli1898, Delamain, AELRED, Eyguebelle, ACHA, Purity, Zinka, Voda.ua, Cigar House Fortuna, Academy of Labor, Social Relations and Tourism, InterContinental Kyiv Hotel.
Ambassadors of several countries, MPs, the Chairman of the Trade Unions of Ukraine, heads of alcoholic beverage importers, restaurant managers, sommeliers, winemakers, heads of wine companies and wine boutiques, representatives of business structures, media and TV, wine connoisseurs and lovers attended the events.
The Forum opened with a minute of silence in honor of the deceased wine industry professionals who had previously participated in the Forum as participants and jury members.
Then, the anthem of Ukraine was performed live by a young singer Severina.
The professional jury was headed by Dr. Ricardo F. Nunez, owner of the international wine holding VINOS DELA LUZ. For the fourth year in a row, Dr. Nunez has been heading the jury and the Forum of Winemakers and Sommeliers of Ukraine.
Members of the professional jury:
– Natalia Blagopoluchna – President of the All-Ukrainian Association of Winemakers and Sommeliers, head of the First Sommelier School in Ukraine “Master Class”
– Oleksandr Sharay – sommelier, commercial director of SV+ company
– Yegor Bilov – sommelier of the InterContinental Kyiv Hotel, winner of the All-Ukrainian Sommelier Competition 2018
– Oleg Kravchenko – co-owner of Winbar, “Best Sommelier of Ukraine – 2011”
– Olga Girman – sommelier, winner of the All-Ukrainian Sommelier Competition 2021
– Dmytro Gurinchyk – national manager of the Cigar House “Fortuna”
– Irina Kovaleva, Director of the Tairov National Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking.
In the Final of the Contest, the participants competed in different rounds:: “Presentation and decanting of wine”, “Enogastronomy” (real serving of dishes from the chef of the restaurant Ruslan Morozyuk), “Cheese and wine”, “Blind tasting”, “Mixology”, “Cigar Tour”, etc.
In some of the tours, the participants communicated exclusively in English.
After the end of the competitions and the final work of the professional jury, the places were determined as follows:
“XX Anniversary Sommelier Competition 2022-2023”:
1st place – Svyatoslav Klymchuk (Kyiv, Bigoli restaurant)
2nd place – Igor Postoyankin (Kyiv, Catch restaurant)
3rd place – Natalia Sokolovska (Kyiv, DDS company)
“VII All-Ukrainian Cavist Competition 2022-2023”:
1st place – Vasyl Chuchman (Ivano-Frankivsk, Winetime wine boutique)
2nd place – Yevhen Boyko (Kyiv, Winetime wine boutique)
3rd place – Yevhen Brodyuk (Kyiv, Winetime wine boutique)
All finalists received Diplomas and gifts from the Partners, and the Winners received personalized cups.
The Chairman of the Jury Dr. Ricardo F. Nunez congratulated the Organizers and Finalists, thanked the Armed Forces of Ukraine and wished to hold the next Winemakers and Sommeliers Forum in peaceful Ukraine.
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At the 17th meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine (Ramstein), Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles reported on the recent shipment of aid to Ukraine, including medicines and surgical instruments.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, Robles informed about the recent shipment of 15 pallets of medicines and surgical instruments to Ukraine, which will ensure the operation of the field hospital transferred by Spain a few months ago.
“The minister also reported on the cooperation of Spanish industry in supplying equipment and ammunition to Ukraine and spoke in detail about the program to support the reception of families of Ukrainian soldiers killed in action in military recreation centers on the Spanish coast,” the statement said.
Robles noted good progress in the training of the Ukrainian military in Spain, where more than 3,000 servicemen have been trained to date. She added that it is planned to teach training courses on the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law for representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) has put German building materials manufacturer Knauf on the list of international war sponsors due to its continued business activities in the Russian Federation. “Only for 2022, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials Knauf will pay about $117 million to the budget of the terrorist country rf. In addition, the German company actively promotes mobilization in russia, sending its employees to the war against Ukraine,” – stated in the message NAPC.
According to its data, Knauf is the largest German investor in the construction sector of the Russian Federation – there the company is represented by a dozen subsidiaries, and also has 20 factories, six training and 29 resource centers in the system of secondary vocational education. In addition, on the territory of one of the production facilities Knauf in Tatarstan organized the Russian production of UAV Shahed-136, the report notes.
As noted by the NAPC, according to the German media, the Russian managers of the Knauf plant in Krasnogorsk near Moscow coordinated with the authorities lists of mobilization.
In addition, the management of Knauf is closely connected by diplomatic relations with representatives of the political regime of the Russian Federation, points out the NAPC. Thus, the co-owner of the company Nikolaus Wilhelm Knauf 23 years until March 2022 had the status of Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation with representation in Nuremberg. Despite the fact that Knauf left this post after the start of the full-scale invasion, the company stated its intention to continue working in the Russian Federation.
Knauf also takes part in construction exhibitions in RF, and has organized its own Russian-made construction technology festival.
“Specialists from Knauf continue to build cities to the aggressor country. This contrasts particularly cynically with the thousands of destroyed residential houses in Ukraine by the aggressor’s army, which is financed, among other things, from Knauf’s taxes,” the NAPC notes.
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