Bloomberg News reported today that, “Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is urging farmers to sow as many fields as possible to protect the food supply. But several of the nation’s largest agribusinesses say some plantings just won’t happen if Russia continues its war in Europe’s breadbasket.
“The country should organize a full-fledged sowing campaign in all of its territory ‘to the extent that’s possible,’ Zelenskiy said in a video released Friday. ‘All depends on people and the situation, because this is about life.’ His nation is the world’s second-biggest shipper of grains and biggest exporter of sunflower oil.”
The Bloomberg article stated that, “One of Ukraine’s largest agricultural companies, UkrLandFarming, said a number of its company managers had been killed in Sumy in northern Ukraine, and in Kyiv.”
“IMC SA, another agricultural company, wants to keep its operations going, but it isn’t allowing workers into many fields because of worries about their safety, Chief Executive Officer Alex Lissitsa said Friday in an interview.”