farmingukraine

Monday, September 2

A Ukrainian milk and sugar producer is improving its financial indicators: What is driving this improvement? The first half of the year’s turnover for Astarta Agricultural Holding, the country’s largest milk producer and a leading sugar producer, is €321M, 12% more than in the same period last year. Th...

Tuesday, October 3

In the midst of the war, Lebanese and Jordanian companies have invested $15M in a farm in the Kyiv region. The companies are retooling the production facilities at the MP Agro-Trading House in the city of Tarasha, which is engaged in the breeding and harvesting of cattle. The project was implemented after ...

Tuesday, August 29

Ukrainian farmers will once again change their crop structure ahead of sowing. Farmers will reduce the share of wheat and barley, instead, they will sow record-high areas with winter rapeseed, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported. 45% of farmers do not plan to significantly ...

Monday, March 13

Ukraine expects to maintain this year’s agricultural exports at the previous $20B. Farmers can sow and harvest at least twice as much grain this year as Ukrainians will consume. These grain volumes will maintain the agricultural sector’s export potential at the previous year’s level...

Wednesday, July 20

Farmers will plant 30-60% fewer winter crops and might reduce corn production. In 2022, Ukrainian farmers will sow 30-60% fewer winter grain crops than was planned. If Russia continues to block the main export route through Ukraine’s seaports, the world food crisis will worsen. ...

Tuesday, June 7

The farmer loan portfolio has grown by over 50%. As of the beginning of May 2022, the share of loans granted by banks to companies related to agriculture, forestry, and fisheries was 13.2% of the total number of loans, reported Opendatabot. In tota...

Friday, May 13

Ukraine farmers have already borrowed more than UAH 24B in bank loans. Ukrainian farmers have attracted almost UAH 24.2B in loans for the sowing campaign, of which UAH 16.46B under the portfolio guarantee program. Currently, the banking system of Ukraine issues up to UA...

Thursday, April 28

Oschadbank is issuing UAH 200M in loans to farmers every day. Over the past week, Oschadbank has been lending more than UAH 200M to one hundred agricultural enterprises every day. “Today, the portfolio of farming loans has exceeded UAH 2.4B ($80M). Every fifth b...

Monday, January 24

Shockingly low farmer participation in the Ukrainian land market. From 1% to 3% of Ukrainian farmers participate in the land market, which has been operating since July 2021, stated the head of the Union of Ukrainian Farmers, Ivan Tomych. There is no such thing any...

Thursday, November 25

The main principles of the Partial Loan Guarantee Fund to farmers was presented by the Ministry of Agriculture. It will allocate UAH 24 bln ($900 mln) to finance farmers. The Fund’s authorized capital is UAH 3 bln ($112 mln), said the Minister of Agriculture o...

Monday, November 8

Farmers of the Odesa region will receive state compensation for the lost harvest, announced minagro.gov.ua. Farmers will receive ₴4,700 ($178) per hectare of state compensation for damage to crops due to emergencies of man-made and natural nature. “The small farms create jobs in ru...

Tuesday, October 19

In Ukraine, the number of all types of agricultural stock is decreasing. As of October 1, 2021, the number of main species of farm animals decreased by 1.7-6.7% in comparison with the same period in 2020, as reported by the Statistics Service of Ukraine.

Tuesday, August 17

Farmers in Zaporizhia are reporting the largest early grain harvest in the region’s history – 3.2 million tons . Yields were up 15%, to 31.8 centners per hectare, according to the region’s press service. A centner is about 100 kilograms.

Wednesday, February 3

After Ukraine imposed sanctions on Chinese companies seeking to assert control of Motor Sich After Ukraine imposed sanctions on Chinese companies seeking to assert control of Motor Sich, the aircraft engine maker, Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, said Monday at a regular p...

Farming profits jumped 48% yoy, to $2.1 billion last year Farming profits jumped 48% yoy, to $2.1 billion last year, according to the Agrarian Economics Institute. Boosting the sector, profits from crop production grew by 55%. Livestock production was down. ...

Grain exports are down 21% yoy Grain exports are down 21% yoy, for the first seven months of the marketing year, reports the Ministry of Agriculture. Due to a poor corn harvest, wheat displaced corn as Ukraine’s top export. For the...

Due to higher commodity prices, grain exports were down 53% yoy in January, but export earnings were down only 41% Due to higher commodity prices, grain exports were down 53% yoy in January, but export earnings were down only 41%, reports the Ukrainian Agricultural Business Club. Halfway through the marketing year...

This year, Ukraine expects to issue $2.4 billion worth of Eurobonds, to receive $2.2 billion in IMF loans and to receive $1 billion in net new foreign investment in the government bond market This year, Ukraine expects to issue $2.4 billion worth of Eurobonds, to receive $2.2 billion in IMF loans and to receive $1 billion in net new foreign investment in the government bond market, Kyrylo ...

Timothy Ash writes from London: Timothy Ash writes from London: “I love the optimism – but expecting three tranches this year? Good luck with that…They are good at talking their book, and I guess keeping the Eurobond market wa...

The Finance Ministry lowered its average bond yield by 33 basis points, to 11.4% The Finance Ministry lowered its average bond yield by 33 basis points, to 11.4%, in its weekly auction yesterday, the Ministry posts on Facebook. Selling the hryvnia equivalent of $189 million, the F...

Aiming to cut nonperforming loans in half by 2023, Aiming to cut nonperforming loans in half by 2023, Ukraine is speaking with the IMF about creating a special financial court to settle bank loan disputes, Central Bank Governor Shevchenko told Reuters...

Zaporizhia’s Semiconductor Plant, once Ukraine’s largest producer of silicon components for electronic and solar energy, goes up for auction this month on ProZorro. Zaporizhia’s Semiconductor Plant, once Ukraine’s largest producer of silicon components for electronic and solar energy, goes up for auction this month on ProZorro. Six years after bankruptcy proceedi...

Foreign investment in solar and wind power dropped last year to €1.2 billion, one third the €3.7 billion of 2019 Foreign investment in solar and wind power dropped last year to €1.2 billion, one third the €3.7 billion of 2019, reported the State Energy Efficiency Agency. In 2019, investors from a dozen countries...

With the payment delays and lowered rates, executives of the biggest US wind investment, EuroCape Energy, are talking to lawyers specialized in political risk insurance With the payment delays and lowered rates, executives of the biggest US wind investment, EuroCape Energy, are talking to lawyers specialized in political risk insurance, two other foreign investors in...

DTEK Kyiv Grids, formerly known as DTEK Kyiv Grids, formerly known as Kyivoblenergo, plans to invest $23 million in 2021 to upgrade the capital’s electricity infrastructure, the company reports. The investment – a 35% increase over the...

Designed to draw Chinese container train traffic through Ukraine Designed to draw Chinese container train traffic through Ukraine, a road-rail intermodal container terminal now under construction near the Hungary-Ukraine border will have the capacity to handle 1 mi...

One year from now, East-West is to open with an initial capacity of 300,000 containers. One year from now, East-West is to open with an initial capacity of 300,000 containers. The terminal is located 25 km south of Chop, Zakarpattia, in Fényeslitke, Hungary, a city where Soviet broad gau...

Wednesday, October 28

Ukraine’s farmers have threshed 50.5 million tons of grains and legumes from 12.9 million hectares, or 84% of the projected area Ukraine’s farmers have threshed 50.5 million tons of grains and legumes from 12.9 million hectares, or 84% of the projected area, reports the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture. H...

In the first four months of the grain marketing year, Ukraine has exported 15 million tons, down 16% from this time last year In the first four months of the grain marketing year, Ukraine has exported 15 million tons, down 16% from this time last year, reports the Agriculture Ministry, citing Customs Service statistics. Afte...

South Korea’s Posco International imported last week its first load of 41,000 tons of feed wheat from Posco’s new terminal at Mykolaiv. South Korea’s Posco International imported last week its first load of 41,000 tons of feed wheat from Posco’s new terminal at Mykolaiv. Last year, Posco completed construction in Mykolaiv of its termi...

Threatening Ukraine’s IMF accord and potentially its visa-free agreement with the EU Threatening Ukraine’s IMF accord and potentially its visa-free agreement with the EU, Ukraine’s Constitutional Court has ruled invalid the law on illegal enrichment and penalties for false declaration...

Separately, the Kyiv District Administrative Court, has ordered the dismissal of a Western-supported anti-corruption investigator that was investigating corruption in the Court. Separately, the Kyiv District Administrative Court, has ordered the dismissal of a Western-supported anti-corruption investigator that was investigating corruption in the Court. Justice Minister Denys...

Concorde Capital’s Zenon Zawada writes of the Kyiv Court judge, Pavlo Vovk Concorde Capital’s Zenon Zawada writes of the Kyiv Court judge, Pavlo Vovk: “A critical battle is underway in the Zelensky administration that could mark a fatal rift in its relations with the IMF and...

Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center, Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center, writes on Facebook that the ultimate goal is to cut off Western support for Ukraine: “Who is organizing this? [Zelenskiy Chief of Staff And...

Richard Peter Moore Richard Peter Moore, the new head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service, warned President Zelenskiy in a face to face meeting in London earlier this month that his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, is a ...

Piontkovsky tells PolitUA’s Ksenia Kirillova that his knowledge of Yermak’s code name and Russian ties comes from his own “insider information from Moscow, from people close to Putin’s ‘bunker.’” Piontkovsky tells PolitUA’s Ksenia Kirillova that his knowledge of Yermak’s code name and Russian ties comes from his own “insider information from Moscow, from people close to Putin’s ‘bunker.’” But,...

Appointed Presidential Aide for Foreign Policy Issues in May 2019, Yermak offered a series of concessions to Russia and Russia-controlled Donbas. Appointed Presidential Aide for Foreign Policy Issues in May 2019, Yermak offered a series of concessions to Russia and Russia-controlled Donbas. These moves were blocked by protests from Ukrainian ci...

With skepticism growing about the IMF accord, the Finance Ministry managed yesterday to sell only 400 million in hryvnia bonds — about 7% of the volumes of the previous two auctions. With skepticism growing about the IMF accord, the Finance Ministry managed yesterday to sell only 400 million in hryvnia bonds — about 7% of the volumes of the previous two auctions. After consu...

State-owned Ukreximbank has offered to buy back up to $300 million its Eurobonds maturing in 2022 and 2025 State-owned Ukreximbank has offered to buy back up to $300 million its Eurobonds maturing in 2022 and 2025. The bank will use its own money to buy back the bonds in an operation designed to cut debt c...

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko narrowly won reelection on the first round, eliminating the need for a runoff vote in Kyiv on Nov. 15 Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko narrowly won reelection on the first round, eliminating the need for a runoff vote in Kyiv on Nov. 15, Sonya Koshkina, editor of LB.ua reports on Telegram. With 99.5% of t...