Press review
This section offers an insight into the media coverage on the issues impacting the agricultural sector as a result of the Ukraine crisis.
New York Daily Gazzette | Ukraine to be partnered with USDA to Strengthen Agricultural Collaboration and Fight Global Food Insecurity
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced a Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food in Ukraine to enhance coordination on agriculture.
KCUR 89.3 | Western Kansas wheat crops are failing just when the world needs them most
Russia's war in Ukraine has disrupted global food supplies, driving up demand and prices for wheat. But after months of drought, many western Kansas farmers won’t have a crop to sell.
Bloomberg | U.S. Farmers Plant More Sunflowers as Ukraine War Curbs Supply
Planting seen higher than early USDA estimate, group says. Prices at record with world’s biggest supplier cut back.
Texana gazzette | Ukraine war imperils wheat, but farmers in no rush to pivot
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Russia's war in Ukraine could mean changes for Ed Kessel's farm along a quiet stretch of western North Dakota.
Farm Policy News – Illinois | Ukrainian Farmers Plant First 150,000 Hectares, as Concerns Over Food Price Discontent Persist
Reuters writer Pavel Polityuk reported yesterday that, “Major global grain grower Ukraine has sown the first 150,000 hectares of spring crops amid the Russian invasion which could sharply reduce the sowing area, the country’s deputy agriculture minister said on Friday.