USDA Launches New Project to Strengthen Resilience of Ukrainian Pig Breeding

27.09.2026, 10:34◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

The US Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Association "Pigs of Ukraine", is launching a new project "Improving the sustainability of pig production in Ukraine". — Ukrinform.

USDA Launches New Project to Strengthen Resilience of Ukrainian Pig Breeding

According to her, the project reflects exactly the priorities that the industry has repeatedly voiced: modern disease control, responsible use of antimicrobials, development of training and consulting systems, as well as practical support for farms in biosafety, herd productivity, labor organization and benchmarking.

It's also part of a broader U.S.-Ukraine relationship that strengthens animal health, food security, and our shared economic ties, ”said Megan Franchik.

As reported, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Association of Pigs of Ukraine (ACU) in October 2022 launched a joint project "Ensuring Animal Health in Ukraine", which aims to improve biosafety and improvement of veterinary standards in pig breeding.

The project envisages a number of initiatives, including monitoring of pathogens that cause diseases in pigs, laboratory control of feed quality and toxicity, as well as studies of antibiotic resistance of intestinal pathogens.

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It is noted that the new initiative continues the cooperation initiated within the framework of the previous project, which ended at the end of 2024.

Our cooperation is not ending — it is moving to a new stage. USDA supports a new initiative with the Association "Pigs of Ukraine" aimed at further strengthening the pig sector of Ukraine with an emphasis on innovation and capacity building ", — said the agricultural attaché of the Ministry of US agriculture, Megan Francik.