Pig industry in Ukraine shows first signs of revival

After several months of turbulence, Ukraine sees a partial recovery of demand in the pork market among wholesale customers, the association of Ukrainian pig farmers reported. “The last trade in February were marked by a revival of demand from a part of procurers and, accordingly, by positive price dynamics. This week, pig farmers sell animals to slaughterhouses at UAH 67-68 ($ 1.83 – $ 1.86) per kg, which is UAH 2-3.5 per kg ($ 0.05 – $ 0.1) higher than a week earlier,” the association estimated. Currently, most Ukrainian pig farmers see a rise in purchases from regular, former and new buyers. In the past several months, Ukrainian pig farmers had difficulties selling their pigs. To some extent, this was due to power outages caused by Russian strikes on the Ukrainian power infrastructure. The outages forced slaughterhouses and meat-processing plants to switch to a partial operation. Most facilities managed to establish backup power-generating capacities. Ukraine spent several weeks ...