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War – the ultimate farming challenge
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2022
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JUN 22 – Queensland Pig Consultancy Group (QPCG) Industry Day ‘Building Resilience in a Changing World’ – Toowoomba
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THIS month’s article is quite a sombre one I’m afraid.
It is expected that feed prices will skyrocket in Denmark, due to no or limited supply from either Ukraine or Russia.
crisis in Denmark and wider Europe.
Nordic
News
by ASHLEY NORVAL
I can hardly believe that in 2022 we are experi- encing a war on European soil.
Currently, a huge amount of grain and other products such as sun- flower seeds are imported to Denmark – mostly from Ukraine – though it is predicted that this will be severely impacted as a result of the war.
In some more positive news, pig prices in Den- mark have continued to increase – mostly due to the demand for slaughter pigs in Germany.
Every day in Denmark we see terrible images of the situation in Ukraine following Russia’s at- tacks, with millions of Ukrainian citizens fleeing their homeland and a growing number of Rus- sians attempting to do the same.
are directly employed in Danish agriculture and they are the main addi- tional labour source for the Danish pig industry.
see men being recalled back to Ukraine to fight.
Danish pig producers are being urged to plant winter crops, so they can try to minimise some of the impact.
Since many sows have been culled from the German industry, frozen stocks used and the ap- proach of the season with some of the highest de- mand in the restaurant trade – the price positive trend is expected to con- tinue.
In the past week to March 25, Ukrainian people have been blocked by Russian soldiers from leaving areas that are now under Russian control.
These employees, to- gether with their families, have helped to create rural communities in Denmark, and it is heartbreaking to
Aside from the humani- tarian side of the war – with sympathy being felt for citizens of both sides who seemingly don’t want to be in this situation – we can see already the effect on the industry here.
Danish Agro has also reported that it is looking into other feed sources, es- pecially if the Ukrainian corn supply is reduced to the European market.
However, in connec- tion to the increased cost of production due to the war, consumers in Ger- many have been warned that the cost of pork could increase by 20-50 percent, though it remains to be seen if it will be this se- vere.
Over 6000 Ukrainians
Prior to the sanctioning against Russia, DanBred met with PIC and Topigs Norsvin, where all three companies agreed that they would not trade with Russia while they were engaging in unprovoked warfare.
Regardless of the source, Danish pig producers can expect significantly higher feed costs in the near future.
The Ukrainian flag flying at Axelborg, home of the Danish Agriculture and Food Council.
It has already been la- belled an upcoming food
It is disappointing that not all genetics suppliers agreed to this.
Discussions have been held with parliament to prioritise energy delivery to primary producers.
At the time of writing this article, it had been one month since the first Rus- sian attack on Ukraine.
DanBred has now shut down its newly estab- lished daughter company in Russia.
At this stage, it is un- known how much of an effect there will be.
And while no one can predict when this crisis will be over, most people here appear to be pre- paring for the situation to remain for two years at least.
Personally, the hardest thing for me with this ac- tion was saying goodbye to some great colleagues in Russia, with the hope of ‘see you on the other side’ of this mess.
However, the cost of producing and processing will undoubtedly increase, which at some point will have to be passed on to the consumer.
We can only hope it will be over much sooner than that.
In addition to feed in- creases, energy of course will increase also.
The terrible situation in Ukraine affects eve- rybody in Europe in one way or another, on a per- sonal, humanitarian or economic level.
Commercialisation project application call
for High Integrity Aus- tralian Pork projects and a current APRIL project – has been used to de- velop the AusScan On- line near infrared spec- troscopy calibrations to predict the nutritional value of grains for live- stock,andvariouschem- ical and physical grain characteristics important to livestock production.
REDUCING varia- tion in lifetime per- formance – collection, storage and distribution of grain samples for in vivo and in vitro exper- iments, assessment of related grain chemical and physical character- istics, and management of the research data produced from experi- ments to improve the AusScan Online NIR calibrations.
was awarded a research project from APRIL in 2021 to upgrade the pig digestible energy cali- brations.
ment of 20 percent cash – of the total project cost. The project appli- cation form, accom- panying information document and guide- lines are available from the APRIL website at apri.com.au/research/
Data collected from various projects – the Premium Grains for Livestock project, CRC for an Internationally Competitive Pork In- dustry projects, CRC
APRIL conducted re- search upgrading the poultry AME calibra- tions in 2018, and the University of Melbourne
The APRIL com- mercialisation project scheme requires a min- imum level of co-invest-
tion and inquiries, con- tact APRIL manager commercialisation and research impact Dr Charles Rikard-Bell on c.rikardbell@april.org. au or 0439 513 723.
APRIL manages the li- cense for the commercial use of the AusScan On- line calibrations and is responsible for ongoing research and the mainte- nance and improvement of calibrations.
APRIL is inviting commercialisation pro- ject applications from an experienced and quali- fied team – or teams – with access to suitable facilities to provide the required specialisations to undertake this project.
funding-opportunities/ Project applications open on April 4, 2022 and close at 5pm on May
The research project will be for a three-year period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025.
20, 2022.
For further informa-
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