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Ukraine harvests grain from 63% of projected area as average yield reaches 4.84 tons per hectare

Ukrainian farmers harvested 35.174 million metric tons of grains and legumes from 62.7% of the projected area, with an average yield of 4.84 tons per hectare, the Agriculture Ministry said on Oct. 6.

6 October, 01:39 PM

Russian strikes on Black Sea ports could cost Ukraine at least $8 billion

Russian strikes on Black Sea ports have effectively paralyzed Ukraine’s main grain export route, potentially costing the country at least $8 billion in revenue by summer 2027, the Financial Times reported on Oct. 5.

5 October, 02:49 PM

Norway funds subsidy program for Ukrainian farmers

The Norwegian government is financing a $1.1 million program to help small agricultural producers in Ukraine’s Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts buy seed and fertilizers for the coming sowing season, the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry said on June 17.

18 June, 12:38 AM

Ukraine launches subsidies for cow, goat and sheep farmers in 2026

Ukraine has begun accepting applications through the State Agrarian Register for special budget subsidies to support cattle, goat and sheep farming, the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture announced on April 7.

7 April, 08:26 PM

Ukraine's indirect agriculture losses reach $81.9 billion

Indirect financial losses to Ukraine’s agriculture sector from Russia’s full-scale invasion are estimated at $81.9 billion in lost revenue and $33.5 billion in value added, the Kyiv School of Economics analytical center reported on Feb. 24.

24 February, 06:18 PM

Challenging path of Ukraine’s agriculture—opinion

“We go out to the fields in body armour,” says Yuriy Bolotov, “We don’t carry arms, but we also defend our country’s interests when fighting for our harvest in the Kherson steppes.”

28 January, 01:18 AM

Ukraine ranks top 5 EU supplier of organic food

Ukraine continues to rank among the top five suppliers of organic products to the European Union, with about 350,000 hectares of farmland certified as organic, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture Taras Vysotsky said on Sept. 29.

30 September 2025, 10:36 AM

Poor logistics strangle Ukrainian farmers

Imperfect logistics systems are exhausting Ukrainian farmers, impoverishing consumers and the state, wrote Yurii Shchuklin, a logistics market expert, advisor to the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club presidium, and advisor to the chair of the Transport Infrastructure Development Committee at the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, in a column for NV Business on Aug. 22.

22 August 2025, 05:50 PM

Ukraine extends state support to farmers working on irrigated land in frontline oblasts

The Cabinet of Ministers has updated state support mechanisms for farmers using irrigated land in frontline areas on Aug. 1.

1 August 2025, 08:19 PM

Farmers urge Zelenskyy to veto law imposing export duty on soybeans and rapeseed

Ukrainian agricultural associations have urged President Volodymyr Zelenskyy not to sign Law No. 13157, which imposes an export duty on soybean and rapeseed seeds, the Ukrainian Agrarian Council said on July 25.

25 July 2025, 01:03 PM

From mines to harvest: Scale of demining challenges in Ukraine in numbers - expert

Return to life: $30 billion and millions of hectares that must feed the world again. Why investments in demining are not expenses but a key element of Ukraine's recovery and global food security.

27 June 2025, 06:35 PM

Poland to scrap key EU trade lifeline for Ukraine

Poland will cancel the so-called Autonomous Trade Measures (ATMs) mechanism for Ukrainian duty-free imports to the EU market on June 5, Prime Minister Donald Tusk told RMF24 on May 21.

21 May 2025, 12:16 PM

Ukraine returns 1,100+ hectares of farmland through demining program

Humanitarian demining operators returned over 430 hectares of farmland under the government compensation program in March, more than 1,100 hectares cleared in total since the program launch, Economy Ministry wrote on April 14.

15 April 2025, 01:15 PM

Ukraine seeks ways to ease logistics for farmers from near-frontline areas

Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food has proposed several options to support farmers from frontline territories after a 30% railway freight discount for grain transport was canceled, the official statement wrote on April 1.

2 April 2025, 10:51 AM

Ukraine to launch another biogas facility in 2025

Terezine JSC in Kyiv Oblast plans to launch a biogas production facility in 2025, Ukraine's Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food wrote on March 29.

1 April 2025, 12:42 PM

Polish Agriculture Minister to meet farmers blocking border crossing

Polish Agriculture Minister Czesław Siekierski plans to meet with farmers blocking the Medyka-Sheginie border crossing on the Polish-Ukrainian border, RMF24 reports on Nov. 24.

24 November 2024, 04:35 PM

Bulgaria to urge EU to halt egg imports from Ukraine

Bulgaria will push to stop egg imports from Ukraine at the upcoming European Council meeting scheduled for Sept. 23 in Brussels. Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Georgi Tachov announced the plan on Sept. 19, as reported by Bulgarian newspaper 24 Chasa.

19 September 2024, 09:24 PM

Kharkiv woman accused of forcing migrants to work for food on her farm

Police have charged a local resident in Kharkiv Oblast with human trafficking for allegedly luring migrants to her farm and forcing them to work for food, according to the National Police on Aug. 17.

17 August 2024, 10:35 AM

Ukraine’s Deputy PM appeals to Poland's interior minister over escalating border blockade

Ukrainian Deputy PM Oleksandr Kubrakov questioned Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kerwinski's decision to permit the blockade of passenger coaches at the border in his X post on March 20.

20 March 2024, 07:02 PM

Ukrainian consul rushes to Polish border as protestors impede passenger traffic

The Ukrainian consul urgently traveled to the Yagodin-Dorohusk border crossing point following reports of Polish protesters stopping passenger buses, Ukraine's Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Zvarych announced via Facebook on March 11.

11 March 2024, 09:30 PM

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