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Ministry of Agrarian Policy expects milk production growth will reach 20 mn MT until 2015
03.12.2007 08:38 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Ministry of Agrarian Policy anticipates country milk output will boost to 20 mn MT until 2015 (up 62.5% against 2007 expected results), reported Nov 29 Vitaliy Pakholuk, Chief of Processing Branches Development Section (Stockbreeding Markets Department, Ministry of Agrarian Policy) on IV All-Ukrainian Conference with International Participation Dairy World – 2007. As to Pakholuk, this index (20 mn MT) is stipulated by Ukrainian National Program of Dairy Farming Development until 2015 (elaborated by Ministry of Agrarian Policy); Pakholuk admitted Program also foresees dairy breeds cows number growth to 4.4 mn heads until 2015 (up against 3.25 mn heads registered on Nov 1, 2007). It is to be reminded, Ukrainian Jan-Oct 2007 milk output totaled 10.7 mn MT (as to State Statistic Committee data), down 7.9% against Jan-Oct 2006 (incl. agricultural companies – 1.9 mn MT and population individual economies – 8.8 mn MT, correspondingly down 12.1% and 6.9% against 2006 similar). Ministry of Agrarian Policy forecasts 2007 Ukrainian milk output will total 12.3 mn MT, down against last year 13.269 mn MT.
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