N.Ireland
Ukraine dairy sector still investing despite Russian missiles
By Chris McCullough Even though Russian missiles are still targeting dairy farms in Ukraine, the bigger industrial units are investing...
Ukraine
Arable
Dry weather patterns impact on global wheat prices
Continuing dry weather in Russia, Ukraine and parts of the United States has signalled a strengthening of global wheat prices...
Arable
Tillage: Ukraine’s grain exports have risen by 60%
Ukraine’s grain exports have risen to 85,940,000t for the market year dating from September 2023 to September 2024, according to...
Agri-Business
Ukrainian agri minister on bail after arrest for suspected corruption
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Mykola Solsky has been released on bail after he had been arrested...
Agri-Business
Ukrainian farmers invest in dairy on land unaffected by war
Ukrainian farmers are investing in the dairy sector on land that has not been occupied by Russia, the president of...
Agri-Business
Farmers faced 'unprecedented challenges' in 2023 - NFU president
The president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), Minette Batters, said 2023 cannot be reflected upon without considering the “unprecedented...
Agri Politics
£3m in funding to enable shipments of Ukrainian grain to Nigeria
Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has announced £3 million in funding to enable shipments of Ukrainian grain to Nigeria in 2024....
Agri-Business
No resumption of grain deal after Turkey-Russia talks
There has been no resumption of the grain deal to export Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea after talks between...
Agri-Business
Ukraine: Russian attacks destroy 270,000t of grain
Officials in Ukraine have said that 270,000t of grain has been destroyed as a result of Russian attacks on the...
Agri-Business
Ukraine: Exporting 4m tonnes of grain a month is ‘possible’
The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski has said that exporting four million tonnes of grain per month from Ukraine...
Agri-Business
Ukraine: First vessel leaves Odesa since grain deal ending
The first vessel has left the Ukrainian port of Odesa since the end of the Black Sea Grain Initiative last...
Agri-Business
End of Black Sea Initiative strengthens global grain prices
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is reporting that global grain prices strengthened sharply last week. This was a...
Agri-Business
Grain facility hit by Russian drone attack in Odesa region
A grain hangar and cargo storage tanks in the Odesa region of Ukraine have been destroyed in a drone attack...
Agri-Business
Russia and Turkey to discuss Black Sea Grain Initiative
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has indicated that Russia and Turkey will be talking this evening to discuss...
Agri-Business
Russia withdraws from Black Sea Grain Initiative
Russia has today (Monday, July 17) withdrawn from the Black Sea Grain Initiative which allowed for the export of more...
Arable
AHDB: Update on world grain markets
According to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), world grain markets are reflecting two key drivers – events in...
Agri-Business
Dam breach could turn Ukraine farmland into 'deserts'
The destruction of a dam in Ukraine could result in farmland in the south of the country turning into “deserts”,...
Agri-Business
Ukraine dam destruction: Sustained flooding to ‘disrupt farming’
Sustained flooding caused by the destruction of a dam in Ukraine will “disrupt farming activities, damage livestock and fisheries, and...
