Indirect losses in Ukraine's key agricultural sector caused by the Russian invasion could reach $83 billion by the end of 2025, mainly due to falling harvests, the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) said on Thursday.
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Ukraine farm sector indirect losses may reach $83B due to Russian invasion, analysts say
Russian drones attack port infrastructure, power substations in Ukraine
Russian drones overnight attacked port infrastructure in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, damaging a grain facility and buildings at a border crossing to Romania, as well as cutting power to thousands in the northern Sumy region, officials said.
Russian missile hit civilian ship carrying Ukrainian grain in Black Sea, Zelenskiy says
A Russian missile hit a civilian vessel carrying grain from Ukraine that had already left Ukrainian waters in the Black Sea, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
Ukraine’s maritime food exports fall to 4.13 mln T in August
Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine’s food exports by sea and river totalled 4.13 million metric tons in August, down from 4.25 million tons in July, agriculture ministry data showed on Friday. That included 2.18 million tons of wheat, 553,732 tons of corn and 454,641 tons of barley, the data showed. Ukraine’s UGA grain traders union […] Read more
Ukraine says peace summit follow-up meeting tackles food security
Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine said 75 countries and international organizations have agreed a “shared vision” of measures to ensure the uninterrupted supply of Ukrainian agricultural products and help global food security, a major concern following Russia’s 2022 invasion. The presidential office said an online meeting of representatives of the countries and organizations, held as […] Read more
Drought dominates Ukrainian winter grain sowing fields, forecasters say
Kyiv | Reuters – Ukrainian farmers have started sowing winter grain crops for the 2025 harvest, but the availability of moisture in the soil in most regions of Ukraine is extremely low, state weather forecasters said on Wednesday. In recent years, Ukraine has often experienced a lack of soil moisture during autumn sowing, but farmers […] Read more
Ukraine completes 2024 wheat harvest at 21.7 mln tons, ministry says
Ukraine has completed the 2024 wheat harvest, threshing 21.7 million metric tons of wheat from about 4.8 million hectares, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.
Ukraine boosts grain exports despite intensified Russian attacks
Kyiv/London | Reuters – Ukraine is scrambling to ship as much grain as it can this summer, taking advantage of military gains it has made in the Black Sea area to boost exports even as Russia has attacked its ports. Ukraine is a major global wheat and corn grower and before Russia’s invasion in 2022 […] Read more
Late crop yield in most Ukrainian regions may drop by up to 15 per cent, farm ministry says
Ukraine's late crop yield might fall by up to 15 per cent in most regions due to extreme heat, the acting farm minister said on Monday, while the average early crop is expected to shrink by only by five per cent.
Russia playing coy on new grain deal
Russia does not rule out any scenarios regarding the possible resumption of the now-defunct Black Sea grain deal, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters July 12.
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
