Today, the Rada starts to debate bills to create a farmland market in Ukraine. The government bill calls for launching the market next Oct. 1. Sales to foreigners would be delayed until Jan. 1, 2024. This bill would limit land holdings by one company to 15% of an oblast’s farmland and to 0.5% of the nation’s total farmland. There are 10 alternative draft laws. The ban on farmland sales has been in place since 2001.