File photo of a combine harvesting a wheat crop in Ukraine. (SergBob/iStock/Getty Images)

APK-Inform issues Ukraine forecast for 2025/26

Cold snap halts spring seeding

As spring planting continues in Ukraine, its agriculture ministry and consultancy APK-Inform issued their respective crop forecasts. The reports were issued just as Ukraine was still in a bitter cold snap that brought snow to most parts of the country.









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EU pauses countermeasures after Trump’s tariff reprieve; U.S. weighing deals

Trump ratchets tariffs on China even higher; China says it will “follow through to the end”

The European Union will pause its first countermeasures against U.S. tariffs after President Donald Trump temporarily lowered the hefty dutiesless than a day after imposing them on dozens of countries, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.