This conflict has impacted many industries including the dairy sector. UKRAINE/RUSSIAN CONFLICT IMPACTS THE DAIRY SECTOR | On 24 February 2022, Russian military forces crossed the border into Ukraine. “It is difficult to get reliable information about what is happening in the above-mentioned regions, but the losses of the industrial sector are at least 50,000 heads, which in monetary terms is US$80 million,” she said. Due to communication problems, it is difficult to estimate the exact loss of livestock, especially in the private sector. “This is the situation in Kharkiv and Kherson regions, a number of regions of Zaporizhzhia region, Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Farms in the frontline and occupied territories are barely surviving, often without electricity, communication, or the ability to deliver food. “Currently, the invaders are cynically and purposefully destroying the capacities of dairy farms.
Hanna Lavreniuk, general director of the Association of Milk Producers (AVM) in Ukraine, said some dairy farmers are barely surviving. The figures are expected to be higher as the private dairy farms have also suffered, but it is difficult to get statistics from them currently.įor Ukraine to produce enough milk, cheese and butter for its population in the near future, calls have been made for partner countries to supply dairy heifers to Ukraine in a bid to restock the national herd.
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