Bulgaria: milk production down in 2022

Bulgaria’s dairy sector faces a concerning revelation, as Eurostat data expose the country’s stark reality: recording the lowest annual average milk production across the European Union in 2022. According to the statistics published on November 20, Bulgarian dairy farms yielded an average of approximately 3,621 kg per cow, the lowest in the EU. This distressing…

Ukraine: dairy exports up in October 2023

In October, Ukraine increased the volume of exports of dairy products by 17% MoM, while cash receipts rose by 22.6%, the Association of Dairy Producers reported. “According to preliminary data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, in October, Ukraine exported 8,790 tons of dairy products worth $18.15 million. The natural volumes of exports increased…

Ukraine: Poltava produces 88,000 tons of sugar

The sugar-refining season continues in Poltava region, the Poltava Regonal Military Administration reports. This year, 28.7 thousand hectares of sugar beet were sown in the region, 11.5% of the total area of this crop in Ukraine. Currently, 15.8 thousand hectares of sugar beets have been harvested (55% of the plan), 728.4 thousand tons have been…

Poland: country tops list of EU pumpkin producers

Poland has been the EU’s largest pumpkin producer since 2020, according to a government agriculture support centre. Over the last ten years, pumpkin production in Poland grew 8-fold, to 400,000 tons annually, the National Support Centre for Agriculture (KOWR) reported, quoting Eurostat data. According to Eurostat, in the years 2014-2020, Poland’s pumpkin cultivation area grew…