Ukraine and MHP Prepare for EU Exports
UKRAINE - The country is preparing for EU exports. Myronivsky, Europe's largest poultry plant belonging to Kiev-based MHP is one of the factories that have been inspected by EU officials.

EU Commissioner Visits Ukrainian Plant
UKRAINE - Mariann Fischer Boel, the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, has visited Myronivska poultry factory in the Kiev region.

Producers Call for Return of Duty on Imported Meat
UKRAINE - Farming organisations have proposed the re-imposition of 13 per cent extra import duty on poultry meat to protect local producers.

Ten-Year Celebration for Cobb 500 in Ukraine
UKRAINE - Cobb Germany has marked 10 years of Cobb 500 in Ukraine.

Ukraine - Agricultural Situation - 2009
UKRAINE - Ukraine has cancelled the controversial 13 per cent import duty increase, according to the latest GAIN report from USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

EU Inspectors to Visit Ukrainian Poultry Farms
UKRAINE - European Union officials are scheduled to inspect poultry enterprises later this year with the view to future poultry meat exports from Ukraine to the EU.

Agromars Output up by 2.4 Per Cent in 2008
UKRAINE - Agromars Complex Ltd, selling poultry under the Havrylivski Kurchata brand, boosted poultry output by 2.4 per cent in 2008 to almost 130,000 tonnes.

Ukraine Might Restrict Trade in Meat Products
UKRAINE - In its series, Agricultural Situation, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service warns that Ukraine may soon impose much higher tariffs on imported red meat and poultry meat early this year.

Ukraine's Meat Production up 11 Per Cent
UKRAINE - There was a 10.9 per cent increase in total meat produced in September compared to the previous month.

All MHP Poultry Facilities at Full Capacity
UKRAINE - MHP says all its poultry production facilities have been operating at full production capacity during the first half of 2008.

Ukraine's PM Demands Poultry Price Cuts
UKRAINE - Prime Minister Tymoshenko has sent an ultimatum to poultry producers to cut prices for consumers.

Ukraine Lifts Ban on British Poultry
KIEV, UKRAINE - Ukraine has lifted a ban on poultry imports from Britain introduced back in the early months of 2007 due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu.

Ukraine Blocks US Poultry Imports
UKRAINE - Ukraine has blocked exports of poultry meat from the US by removing all privileges granted to poultry processing companies in the Free Economic Zones (FEZ).

Ukraine Lifts Ban on Russian Poultry
UKRAINE - Ukraine has lifted the ban, which was imposed in 2007 on the import from Russia's Moscow region of poultry, raw materials and products made of it, as well as pork.

Ukrainian Poultry Producer gets Loan for Upgrade
The Ukrainian poultry integrator and processor CJSC Landgut Broiler has been granted loans worth Euro 2 million and UAH 9.165 million (Hryvnia) for five years to finance new equipment and an upgrade to its poultry production facilities.

Ukraine Ban Russian Poultry Imports
UKRAINE - According to the Veterinary service department's press service,the department of veterinary medicine has imposed a ban on poultry import from Poland, except eggs.

Jan-Sept Agrarians Poultry Sales Up 21.2%,
UKRAINE - Within Jan-Sept 2007 agricultural companies have raised poultry sales to 472,572 MT, up 82,683 MT (+ 21.2%) against Jan-Sept 2006, reported State Statistics Committee.

Give-And-Take Schemes Keep Taking Despite Ban
UKRAINE - "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) — As of now, meat resources importing companies continue shipping these products to Ukrainian territory on give-and-take schemes despite Cabinet ban (effective until Sept 1, 2007), reported Petro Verbytskiy, Deputy...

Ukraine Government, President Spar Over Meat
UKRAINE - The Ukraine government said on Thursday it planned to boost meat output and stop imports next year.

Ukraine Bans Poultry Imports From Czech Republic
UKRAINE - Ukraine has banned the import of poultry from the Czech Republic where highly pathogenic avian flu has been registered.

Ukraine's Mironovsky chooses Pas Reform state-of-the-art hatchery automation
UKRAINE - Ukraine’s leading integrated poultry producer, Mironovsky Hliboprodukt, has contracted Dutch hatchery technology company Pas Reform to supply new equipment and training for a major new expansion project over the next two years.

Ukrainian Food Group to Build Turkey Meat Plant.
UKRAINE - The Ukrainian Food Group Ltd. (Chernivtsi region) is planning to construct a plant in the Chernivtsi region to process the turkey meat it produces at its farm there, reports Baltic Business News.

Ukraine bans poultry imports from Russia
UKRAINE - Ukraine’s National Veterinary Department temporarily banned imports of poultry from Krasnodar Territory (Russia), press office of the department informed today, on February 1.

Ukrainian Poultry Production To Jump 20% in 2007
UKRAINE - Oleksandr Bakumenko, President of the Ukrainian Poultry Farmers Association, says that Ukrainian poultry meat production will increase by 20 per cent year-on-year in 2007 to 900,000 tons, according to Baltic Business News.

Major expansion for Odessa in Ukraine
UKRAINE - Ukrainian integration Odessa Chicks LLC has contracted leading Dutch supplier Pas Reform to install SmartSet™ setters, SmartHatch™ hatchers, and a full range of hatchery automation and climate control systems.