With unsold grain piled high, a Polish farmer faces an uncertain future as war in Ukraine grinds on
1 year ago

With unsold grain piled high, a Polish farmer faces an uncertain future as war in Ukraine grinds on

Associated Press  

CYWINY WOJSKIE, Poland — Piotr Korycki picks up a handful of wheat and watches as the yellow grains run through his fingers. “And if nothing changes, in a year or two it could become critical.” Korycki’s frustrations have pushed him to help organize protests that have been taking place in Poland for the past three months, part of protests by farmers across Europe. Korycki says the EU seems to have no idea of what to do with the grain, “where to export it, on what terms, for what money, so this problem will only get worse.” Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk acknowledges that the problem is real, and has been seeking relief for farmers in Brussels, where his voice carries weight after serving as president of the European Council from 2014-2019. “We do not yet have the infrastructure that would allow this grain to be exported further.” Adding to the anger of farmers across Europe are EU plans to fight climate change with policies called the Green Deal, which they say will create more administrative work and worsen financial burdens. “They don’t understand the purpose and sense of the green transformation.” Korycki finds himself hoping that the war in Ukraine will end soon so that the situation can stabilize for him and fellow farmers across this central European nation of 38 million people.

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Angry Polish farmers protest against EU rules, Ukraine farm imports
1 year ago

Angry Polish farmers protest against EU rules, Ukraine farm imports

Al Jazeera  

Throwing smoke bombs and lighting fires, thousands of angry farmers demonstrated in Warsaw against European Union regulations and cheap Ukraine imports, with police reporting that two officers had been injured and a dozen protesters arrested. Polish farmers have been blocking border crossings with Ukraine since last month to protest against what they say is unfair competition from goods entering from …

Ukraine’s fate hangs in the balance, Polish premier says as he moves to secure aid transit route
1 year, 1 month ago

Ukraine’s fate hangs in the balance, Polish premier says as he moves to secure aid transit route

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday that border crossings with Ukraine are being added to a list of critical infrastructure to ensure that all military and humanitarian aid can reach Ukraine without any delays. However, he said that border crossings and sections of roads and railway tracks will now be added to a list of critical …

A deal to expedite grain exports has been reached between Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania
1 year, 5 months ago

A deal to expedite grain exports has been reached between Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have agreed on a plan they hope will help expedite Ukrainian grain exports, officials said Tuesday, with needy countries beyond Europe potentially benefitting from speedier procedures. While the stated goal is to hasten Ukrainian grain exports, the agreement may also help defuse tensions over grain prices between Ukraine and Poland a time when …

A deal to expedite grain exports has been reached between Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania
1 year, 5 months ago

A deal to expedite grain exports has been reached between Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania

The Independent  

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Ukraine reaches deal with Poland and Lithuania to expedite grain exports as war grinds on
1 year, 5 months ago

Ukraine reaches deal with Poland and Lithuania to expedite grain exports as war grinds on

LA Times  

A truck unloads grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine. Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have agreed on a plan that they hope will help expedite Ukrainian grain exports, officials said Tuesday, with needy countries beyond Europe potentially benefiting from speedier procedures. While the stated goal is to hasten Ukrainian grain exports, the agreement may also help defuse …

Poland to halt supply of weapons to Ukraine as grain dispute grows
1 year, 6 months ago

Poland to halt supply of weapons to Ukraine as grain dispute grows

Al Jazeera  

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told local media that Poland needs to focus on building up its own arms. Poland will no longer supply weapons to Ukraine, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was reported as saying, amid growing tension between Warsaw and Kyiv in a dispute over grain exports. “We are no longer transferring weapons to Ukraine because we are …

Grain spat drags Ukraine’s ties with ally Poland to lowest point since start of Russian invasion
1 year, 6 months ago

Grain spat drags Ukraine’s ties with ally Poland to lowest point since start of Russian invasion

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — A dispute about whether Ukrainian grain should be allowed to enter the domestic markets of Poland and other European Union countries has pushed the tight relationship between Kyiv and Warsaw to its lowest point since Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Now, Polish officials, who are trying to win parliamentary elections next month with help from farmers’ votes, …

Putin says he won’t renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has
1 year, 6 months ago

Putin says he won’t renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has

Associated Press  

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a landmark deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea amid the war won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on its own agricultural exports. Putin reiterated those complaints Monday, while also telling reporters that if those commitments were honored, Russia could return to the deal “within days.” …

As the Black Sea becomes a battleground, one Ukrainian farmer doesn’t know how he’ll sell his grain
1 year, 7 months ago

As the Black Sea becomes a battleground, one Ukrainian farmer doesn’t know how he’ll sell his grain

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Victor Tsvyk harvested 4,800 tons of wheat this month, but after Russia exited a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to ship grain to the world, he has no idea where his produce will go. Tsvyk, who normally exported up to 90% of his harvest from the southern port of Odesa, faces a crisis: His yield is 20% …

As the Black Sea becomes a battleground, one Ukrainian farmer doesn’t know how he'll sell his grain
1 year, 7 months ago

As the Black Sea becomes a battleground, one Ukrainian farmer doesn’t know how he'll sell his grain

The Independent  

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Russian missile attacks leave few options for Ukrainian farmers looking to export grain
1 year, 7 months ago

Russian missile attacks leave few options for Ukrainian farmers looking to export grain

Associated Press  

PAVLIVKA, Ukraine — The summer winds carried the smell of burned grain across the southern Ukrainian steppe and away from the shards of three Russian cruise missiles that struck the unassuming metal hangars. The Black Sea handled about 95% of Ukrainian grain exports before Russia’s invasion and the U.N.-brokered initiative allowed Ukraine to ship much of what farmers harvested in …

Russian missile attacks leave few options for Ukrainian farmers looking to export grain
1 year, 7 months ago

Russian missile attacks leave few options for Ukrainian farmers looking to export grain

LA Times  

An employee walks near mangled warehouses at a grain facility in Pavlivka, Ukraine, on Saturday following Russian missile attacks. The Black Sea handled about 95% of Ukrainian grain exports before Russia’s invasion and the United Nations-brokered initiative allowed Ukraine to ship much of what farmers harvested in 2021 and 2022, said Joseph Glauber, senior research fellow at the International Food …

Ukraine wants ships to keep exporting its grain despite Russian attacks. Some are interested
1 year, 8 months ago

Ukraine wants ships to keep exporting its grain despite Russian attacks. Some are interested

The Independent  

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Wheat prices spike after Russia bombs Odesa grain port in Ukraine, threatens to attack ships
1 year, 8 months ago

Wheat prices spike after Russia bombs Odesa grain port in Ukraine, threatens to attack ships

ABC  

Global grain prices have jumped after Russia bombed a Ukrainian grain port and threatened further destruction upon any cargo ship attempting to leave Ukraine. Key points: Global wheat futures made their biggest one-day jump since Russia invaded Ukraine 17 months ago The bombing follows a decision by Russia to renege on allowing the safe passage of Ukraine grain Russian and …

Russia halts wartime deal that allows Ukraine to ship grain in a hit to global food security
1 year, 8 months ago

Russia halts wartime deal that allows Ukraine to ship grain in a hit to global food security

The Hindu  

Russia said on July 17 it has halted an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty. “The Black Sea deal is absolutely critical for the food security of a number of countries,” …

Russia halts wartime deal that allows Ukraine to ship grain in a hit to global food security
1 year, 8 months ago

Russia halts wartime deal that allows Ukraine to ship grain in a hit to global food security

The Independent  

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Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia’s war matters to the world
1 year, 8 months ago

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia’s war matters to the world

LA Times  

Russia has suspended a wartime deal designed to move grain from Ukraine to parts of the world where millions are going hungry. The International Rescue Committee calls the grain deal a “lifeline for the 79 countries and 349 million people on the frontlines of food insecurity.” Losing millions of tons of food from Ukraine at a time when many countries …

Russia halts deal allowing Ukraine to export grain, in a hit to global food security
1 year, 8 months ago

Russia halts deal allowing Ukraine to export grain, in a hit to global food security

LA Times  

Russia said Monday that it has halted an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty. It’s the end of a breakthrough accord that the United Nations and Turkey brokered last summer to …

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia's war matters to the world
1 year, 8 months ago

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia's war matters to the world

The Hindu  

Agreements that the United Nations and Turkey brokered with Ukraine and Russia to allow food and fertilizer to get from the warring nations to parts of the world where millions are going hungry have eased concerns over global food security. The Black Sea Grain Initiative has allowed 32.8 million metric tons of food to be exported from Ukraine since last …

Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises food safety concerns
1 year, 8 months ago

Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises food safety concerns

The Hindu  

Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country’s Black Sea ports and food exports dwindling. Russian intentions If the deal isn’t extended, “the countries that had relied on Ukraine for their imports …

Russia's threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security
1 year, 8 months ago

Russia's threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Concerns are growing that Russia …

Ukraine’s farmers risk landmines in order to plant
1 year, 10 months ago

Ukraine’s farmers risk landmines in order to plant

LA Times  

A grassy lane rutted with tire tracks leads to Volodymyr Zaiets’ farm in southern Ukraine. They have soaring production and transportation costs caused by Russia’s blockade of many Black Sea ports, and several neighboring European countries imposed import restrictions on Ukrainian grain to prevent a glut. The “drastic reduction” of grain crops potentially threatens global food security, said Pierre Vauthier, …

Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal in a boost for global food security
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal in a boost for global food security

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Russia agreed to a two-month extension of a deal that has allowed Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday, a boost to global food security after the war drove up prices. “Looking ahead, we hope that exports of food and fertilizers, …

Russia's threat to exit Ukraine grain deal adds risk to global food security
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia's threat to exit Ukraine grain deal adds risk to global food security

The Independent  

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Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal, in a boost to global food security
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal, in a boost to global food security

LA Times  

Russia has agreed to extend a deal that allows Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger, Turkey’s leader announced Wednesday, in a boost to global food security after the war launched more than a year ago drove up prices. “With the efforts of our country, the support of our Russian friends …

Ukraine farmers surrounded by risks, from mines to logistics
1 year, 10 months ago

Ukraine farmers surrounded by risks, from mines to logistics

Associated Press  

POTIOMKYNE, Ukraine — A grassy lane rutted with tire tracks leads to Volodymyr Zaiets’ farm in southern Ukraine. They have soaring production and transportation costs caused by Russia’s blockade of many Black Sea ports, and several neighboring European countries imposed import restrictions on Ukrainian grain to prevent a glut. The “drastic reduction” of grain crops potentially threatens global food security, …

Ukraine welcomes EU deal on continued farm exports
1 year, 10 months ago

Ukraine welcomes EU deal on continued farm exports

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Ukraine on Saturday welcomed the European Union’s hard-fought deal to keep farm exports flowing into and through the bloc to world markets, saying that the Middle East and Africa would specifically stand to benefit from it. Late Friday, the 27-nation EU ended a damaging internal standoff over a destabilizing glut of Ukraine farm imports by granting five eastern …

US, Europe eyeing ways to improve Ukraine’s grain exports
1 year, 11 months ago

US, Europe eyeing ways to improve Ukraine’s grain exports

Associated Press  

IZMAIL, Ukraine — U.S. and European officials on Wednesday toured Ukraine’s southern port of Izmail that’s important in bringing Ukrainian grain to the world — and could become critical if a deal with Russia to allow grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports expires. Ukrainian grain supplies are critical to millions of people around the world, and Wednesday’s visit comes …

Poland prohibits food imports from Ukraine to soothe farmers
1 year, 11 months ago

Poland prohibits food imports from Ukraine to soothe farmers

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s government said Saturday that it has decided to temporarily prohibit grain and other food imports from Ukraine as it seeks to soothe the rising anger of Polish farmers, who say they are losing huge amounts of money to a glut of Ukrainian grain on the market. Ruling party leader Jarosław Kaczyński said at a party convention …

Poland suspends food imports from Ukraine to assist its farmers
1 year, 11 months ago

Poland suspends food imports from Ukraine to assist its farmers

Al Jazeera  

Poland’s governing party leader Jarosław Kaczyński says the list of banned items would include grain and honey. Poland’s government said it will temporarily prohibit grain and other food imports from Ukraine as it seeks to address the rising anger of Polish farmers, who say they are losing huge amounts of money to a glut of Ukrainian grain on the market. …

Ukraine’s neighbors call on EU to address farm produce glut
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine’s neighbors call on EU to address farm produce glut

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — The leaders of five European Union members helping the transit of Ukrainian farm produce to third countries on Friday called for EU action over a glut that resulted from the goods not leaving for their destinations, bringing down prices in their own markets and angering farmers. But farmers in transit countries say much of the Ukrainian produce …

Ukrainian grain shipments drop as ship backups grow
2 years, 1 month ago

Ukrainian grain shipments drop as ship backups grow

LA Times  

A boat with Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and United Nations officials heads to inspect cargo ships coming from Ukraine loaded with grain in the Marmara Sea in Istanbul on Oct. 1, 2022. The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a United Nations-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations, with inspections of ships falling to half …

UN optimistic on Ukraine grain deal; Russia has reservations
2 years, 5 months ago

UN optimistic on Ukraine grain deal; Russia has reservations

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — A senior U.N. official said Wednesday he is “relatively optimistic” the deal for returning Ukrainian grain and Russian grain and fertilizer to world markets will be extended beyond mid-November, but Russia’s U.N. ambassador said Moscow needs to see movement on its own exports first. We’re working hard.” Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine cut off shipments of …

Vladimir Putin says Ukraine grain going to EU, not developing nations
2 years, 6 months ago

Vladimir Putin says Ukraine grain going to EU, not developing nations

New Indian Express  

"Almost all the grain exported from Ukraine is sent not to the poorest developing countries, but to EU countries," Putin told the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia's Pacific port city of Vladivostok. Exports of grain across Black Sea ports resumed after Kyiv and Moscow in July inked a deal with the United Nations and Turkey acting as guarantors. Putin said …

War brings desperation and danger to Ukraine’s farmers — and the world feels the pain
2 years, 7 months ago

War brings desperation and danger to Ukraine’s farmers — and the world feels the pain

LA Times  

A farmer shows his grain in the village of Ptyche in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in June 2022. Before the war, Ukraine exported an average of 430,000 tons of sunflower oil per month, making it responsible for roughly 42% of the world’s supply; its disruption spiked the price per metric ton by 50%. I’ve never seen anything that …

Inspectors OK 1st Ukraine grain ship but no sign yet of more
2 years, 7 months ago

Inspectors OK 1st Ukraine grain ship but no sign yet of more

Associated Press  

ISTANBUL — The first grain ship to leave Ukraine and cross the Black Sea under a wartime deal passed inspection Wednesday in Istanbul and headed on to Lebanon. The Joint Coordination Center team included officials from Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations, who signed deals last month to create safe Black Sea shipping corridors to export Ukraine’s desperately needed …

Grain exports may not reach pre-war levels, Ukraine warns
2 years, 8 months ago

Grain exports may not reach pre-war levels, Ukraine warns

The Telegraph  

"We continue technical preparations for the launch of exports of agricultural products from our ports," Oleksandr Kubrakov, the infrastructure minister, said in a Facebook post. But on Sunday the foreign ministry said: "In the seaport of Odesa…sea-based high-precision long-range missiles destroyed a docked Ukrainian warship and a warehouse of Harpoon anti-ship missiles supplied by the United States to the Kyiv …

‘A beacon of hope’: Ukraine, Russia sign grain export deals
2 years, 8 months ago

‘A beacon of hope’: Ukraine, Russia sign grain export deals

LA Times  

A cargo ship is anchored in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul waiting to cross the Bosporus strait. The deal will enable Ukraine — one of the world’s key breadbaskets — to export 22 million tons of grain and other agricultural products that have been stuck in Black Sea ports due toRussia’s invasion. “A deal that allows grain to leave …

Anxiety grows for Ukraine's grain farmers as harvest begins
2 years, 8 months ago

Anxiety grows for Ukraine's grain farmers as harvest begins

Firstpost  

Before Russia’s invasion, Ukraine could export 6 to 7 million tons of grain per month, but in June it shipped only 2.2 million tons, according to the Ukrainian Grain Association Zhurivka, Ukraine: Oleksandr Chubuk’s warehouse should be empty, awaiting the new harvest, with his supply of winter wheat already shipped abroad. The war has trapped about 22 million tons of …

Anxiety grows for Ukraine’s grain farmers as harvest begins
2 years, 8 months ago

Anxiety grows for Ukraine’s grain farmers as harvest begins

Associated Press  

ZHURIVKA, Ukraine — Oleksandr Chubuk’s warehouse should be empty, awaiting the new harvest, with his supply of winter wheat already shipped abroad. The war has trapped about 22 million tons of grain inside Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a growing crisis for the country known as the “breadbasket of Europe” for its exports of wheat, corn and sunflower oil. …

Ukraine's farmers face Russia's blockade and explosives on their lands this harvest
2 years, 8 months ago

Ukraine's farmers face Russia's blockade and explosives on their lands this harvest

NPR  

Ukraine's farmers face Russia's blockade and explosives on their lands this harvest toggle caption Peter Granitz/NPR MYKOLAIV OBLAST, Ukraine — It only took Mykhailo Liubchenko homemade vodka to salvage some of his business. Sponsor Message Exports trickle out Before the war, Ukraine exported 5 million to 6 million tons of food per month — with more than 90% of it …

Russia is trying to sell you stolen grain, US warns African nations
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia is trying to sell you stolen grain, US warns African nations

The Telegraph  

The US has warned drought-stricken African nations that Russia is attempting to sell them stolen grain, presenting them with a choice between feeding their population or endorsing war crimes in Ukraine. Officials in Washington last month alerted 14 mostly African countries that Russian cargo vessels were leaving ports filled with looted Ukraine food. The diplomatic cable, first reported by the …

Grain supply tops Putin’s talks with African Union leader
2 years, 9 months ago

Grain supply tops Putin’s talks with African Union leader

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — The chairman of the African Union, Senegal’s President Macy Sall, told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the fighting in Ukraine and Western sanctions had worsened food shortages, and appealed to other countries to ensure grain and fertilizer exports aren’t blocked. Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, has urged the West to lift sanctions imposed over its …

Grain supply tops Putin-African Union head talks agenda
2 years, 9 months ago

Grain supply tops Putin-African Union head talks agenda

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the chairman of the African …

Europe scrambles to release grain trapped in Ukraine as food crisis looms
2 years, 9 months ago

Europe scrambles to release grain trapped in Ukraine as food crisis looms

The Telegraph  

So far, only about 240,000 tonnes of grain has been shipped from Constanta, albeit the port has a storage capacity of around 2m tonnes. “It will make a difference day by day, week by week.” Meanwhile, Brussels has asked member states to provide more equipment to assist with getting crops out of Ukraine, including trucks, drivers and barges. A spokesman …

UN hopes to restore Ukraine grain exports amid global food crisis
2 years, 10 months ago

UN hopes to restore Ukraine grain exports amid global food crisis

Al Jazeera  

UN chief Guterres says he is in talks with multiple partners to take action before food, energy and economic crises in poor countries worsen. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is in “intense contact” with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States, and the European Union in an effort to restore Ukrainian grain exports as a global food crisis worsens. “The …

Explained | What makes Ukraine a ’breadbasket’ to many countries
3 years ago

Explained | What makes Ukraine a ’breadbasket’ to many countries

The Hindu  

Other than concerns about oil and finance, Russia’s geopolitical actions in the Ukraine have unsettled the latter’s services as the ‘breadbasket’ to several countries. Output and export The Ukranian Ministry of Agrarian Policy & Food’s latest data for the marketing year 2021-22 stated, as of Feb 23, 17.9 million tonnes of wheat, approx. The FAO forecasts that Ukraine would export …

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