Agricultural and Rural Ukraine
Current War Situation in Ukraine
War Updates
- In August, we withstood the largest air attack on Ukraine.
- Ballistic missiles are the most difficult for Ukraine to shoot down, with 9 out of 54 being shot down.
- The Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down 85% of missiles and drones in August.
Attack on Ukraine
September 4, 2024
Zaporizhizha
- Two people killed, including 8-year-old child.
Kharkiv
- Five locations were hit;
- 47 people injured.
- Lviv
- Over 50 houses had been damaged;
- Two medical institutions and two schools were damaged;
- 50 people injured, including 8 children.
- Seven people killed, including 3 children.
!Out of all the people in this photo, only the man survived the attack in Lviv!
Strike on grain trucks
- russians launched a missile attack on a convoy of grain trucks on the Sumy-Kharkiv route near the village of Verkhnia Syrovatka.
- 23-year-old truck driver was killed and 4 other drivers were wounded.
- One truck caught fire and about 20 others were damaged.
Photo: https://suspilne.media/
Attack on grain VESSEL
September 12, 2024
- russia launched an attack on a civilian cargo ship in the Black Sea transporting wheat for Egypt.
- There were no human casualties.
- Global wheat prices surge after this attack on grain ship.
- December wheat futures rose by 2.2% .
- Wheat futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have risen to US$5.9175 per bushel, the highest since July 2024.
Harvesting
- 39.06 mln tons of the new crop was harvest on area of 10.9 mln ha.
- Corn has already begun to be harvested in 16 regions.
- Almost all oblasts are harvesting sunflowers.
- Farms in eight oblasts are harvesting sugar beet.
Planting
- As of September 10, 640 K ha of winter crops were planted.
- In particular, more than 530 K ha of rapeseed have already been sown.
Export
- The limit volume of wheat exports for 2024/25 MY is set at 16.2 mln tons. The memorandum was signed by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and market participants on September 3, 2024.
- During the first two months of the season, the shipment of wheat amounted to 3.8 mln tons – 23% of the determined volume.
- During the period from January to August 2024, the ports handled 41.7 mln tons of agricultural products, which is 62% of the total cargo turnover.
- In 2023, the ports handled 61.9 mln tons of cargo, of which 48.9 mln tons were agricultural products (79% of the total).