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A seaport grain terminal damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes in Odesa region, Ukraine on July 19, 2023.
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Asian wheat buyers go shopping after Ukraine port attacks

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Reuters – Asian millers will look elsewhere for their wheat as attacks on Ukrainian ports after the collapse of a safe passage deal spark supply risks, traders and analysts said. Supply constraints from the key Black Sea region add further uncertainty amid the prospect of dry El Niño weather threatening Asian crops and exacerbating food
A vessel is seen arriving at Odesa in southern Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative on April 12, 2023.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Grain deal withdrawal weaponizing food insecurity, again

Russia’s abandonment of the Black Sea grain deal spells trouble for global hunger

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Russia’s recent decision to terminate the Black Sea grain agreement that allowed tonnes of Ukrainian grain to be shipped to 45 nations, has raised concerns over global food security. As the war between Russia and Ukraine rages, nearly half of Ukraine’s food exports, which are mainly directed toward developing nations, could be adversely affected. Despite
Farmer Serhii demonstrates that moisture is captured below the residue of his no-till fields.
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From Ukraine: the living and the dead

As summer approaches, thoughts turn to harsh times yet to come

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A centuries-old spring tradition has been preserved in Ukraine, through the communist occupation of the last century and the current war. Every year, a week after Easter, we go to cemeteries. Tens of millions of people dress in nice clothes and take food with them. Coloured eggs — krashanky — and special tall breads —
Moscow has made multiple demands for an extension of the Black Sea grain deal.
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West still has time to solve grain deal issues: Russian diplomat

Russia wants agricultural bank reconnected and machinery and parts restrictions lifted

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The West still has time to remove “obstacles” hindering the implementation of the Black Sea grain deal before a deadline on May 18, senior Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov said April 14. The Black Sea grain export deal was renewed for 60 days last month, but Russia has signalled it may not agree to extend it
Ukrainian farmers are surviving the invasion, now it’s time to rebuild for the 2023 growing season.
Farmit Manitoba, News

From Ukraine: Farmer struggles after Russians driven back

Yuriy Zayikin lived under Russian fire for close to a year, now plans to rebuild

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Yuriy Zayikin has had a front row seat to the war in Ukraine. And at times he’s been forced onto the stage. He farms in the southern Kherson region. At one point 95 per cent of the area was occupied by invading Russian forces. Just five per cent remained under control of Ukraine, which is where Zayikin was ‘lucky’ enough
Grain farmer Oleksandr Klepach points at trenches in his field, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Snihurivka, southeast Ukraine.
Global markets, News

Facing minefields and cash crunch, Ukraine farmers to sow smaller crop

As spring draws nearer, the farmers of this global breadbasket face growing challenges

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Facing fields full of mines and short of cash, many Ukrainian farmers are likely to sow a smaller area this spring than they did following Russia’s invasion, in what could be a further blow to global food supplies after disruptions last year. Ukraine is a major supplier of wheat and corn to world markets. Production
Despite the challenges caused by the war, Bernatsky got the corn crop off.
Farmit Manitoba, News

From Ukraine: The goal now is to save the farm

How a well-known Ukrainian farmer survived a year of war and now views the future

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Colleagues from other countries often ask me about the situation of Ukrainian farmers. It is difficult for me to answer this question, because every farmer is in their own unique circumstances. The main thing that unites them is the understanding that life will not be the same for a long time, if ever. To describe
Grain farmer Andrii Povod stands in front of a destroyed barn at his farm, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Bilozerka, Kherson region, Ukraine, Feb. 20.
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The soils of war

There’s a toxic legacy for Ukraine’s breadbasket from the Russian invasion

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Reuters – When Ukraine recaptured Kherson in November, Andrii Povod returned to find his grain farm in ruins. Two tractors were missing, most of the wheat was gone and all 11 buildings used to store crops and machinery had been bombed and burned. The farm bears the scars of Russian shelling and unexploded ordnance riddles
Grain Markets, News

Ukraine grain exports down 29.2 per cent in 2022/23

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Ukraine grain exports in the 2022/23 season, which runs through to June, are down 29.2 per cent to 28.2 million tonnes so far, due to a smaller harvest and logistical difficulties caused by the Russian invasion, agriculture ministry data showed February 8. The volume included about 10.1 million tonnes of wheat, 16.2 million tonnes of
Corn is harvested on the Roksana-K farm, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.
Farmit Manitoba, News

From Ukraine: The song of winter corn

As a mild winter lets farmers harvest corn, spring is just around the corner

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Have you ever seen combines in the middle of January going into a field? And behind them – huge disc harrows.  It’s no wonder that this year Ukrainian farmers use some warm days in the middle of winter to harvest corn. After almost a year of war, thousands of combine harvesters were destroyed or stolen

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