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A vessel is seen arriving at Odesa in southern Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative on April 12, 2023. (Photo: Yulii Zozulia/Nurphoto via Reuters Connect)
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Ukraine introduces minimum export prices for major agricultural goods

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Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine has introduced a new system for exporting key agrarian goods, including grains, which implies a ban on shipping consignments of goods at prices below those set by the agriculture ministry. Ukraine is a major grain and oilseeds grower and exporter and the new system became operational on Dec. 1. The government […] Read more
A vessel is seen arriving at Odesa in southern Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative on April 12, 2023. (Photo: Yulii Zozulia/Nurphoto via Reuters Connect)

Ukraine’s maritime food exports fall to 4.13 mln T in August

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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
A man is seen outside the house damaged by Russian shelling, Odesa Region, southern Ukraine. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/Sipa USA)

What is war fatigue?

If the West is 'tired' of the war in Ukraine, consider the reality of Ukrainians

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As we approached the end of December, my mood, like that of most Ukrainians, was not at all Christmassy. The heroic achievement of 2022, when our lives hung in the balance and our defenders managed to repel the enemy, was replaced by the bloody routine of 2023.
Hryhoriy Tkachenko refuses to give up on rebuilding his family’s farm.
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From Ukraine: Rebuilding the farm from the rubble

Hryhoriy Tkachenko revives his farm after the occupation leaves animal buildings, equipment destroyed

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Glacier FarmMedia – One and a half years have passed since the invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine. The farm of Hryhoriy Tkachenko came under attack in the first days of the war. During the three weeks of occupation, the farm was so badly damaged that he still cannot restore everything. It was the near-total […] Read more
“Agriculture is an industry I like to say has soul, because data and information actually serves a purpose. It’s very direct. It’s feeding the population…” – Daryna Putintseva.
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Ukrainians in Canadian agriculture: Daryna Putintseva

The digital marketing specialist has found refuge in agriculture, food and beverage

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This is the first of a series highlighting Ukrainian contributions to Canada’s agriculture sector. Daryna Putintseva is a Ukrainian digital marketing specialist working for Canadian communications agency WS. Now living in Calgary, she develops media, news content and marketing strategies for a range of clients in both primary agriculture and the food and beverage industry, […] Read more
A destroyed house after floodwaters receded following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, June 16, 2023.
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From Ukraine: Farmers prepare for the onslaught of the desert

When the Nova Kakhovka dam was breached, it lit the fuse on slow motion agricultural disaster

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To an enormous country like Canada, Ukraine might seem small, but it is the largest country that exists entirely within Europe. There are many natural landscapes present here — forests, mountains, forest-steppe (what you know as the parkland in Western Canada) and steppe (prairie). There is even a small strip of subtropics with palm trees […] Read more
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 — […] Read more
Wheat farmers talk to media in a wheat farm outside Bashtanka, Mykolaiv region on June 9, 2022.
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From Ukraine: Driven from his fields

Ukrainian farmer hopes to see his farm liberated from Russian invaders

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Glacier FarmMedia – From time to time, Oleh visits the positions of troops on the front lines of war in east Ukraine. While there, he looks hopefully to the horizon. There, just one mile away, are his fields, shop and grain warehouse now occupied by Russian invaders. I will not write Oleh’s last name, nor […] Read more

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