Insights and Stories on Ukraine

Lentils back at square one heading into 2018

Dec. 15, 2017 at 5:33 pm CST

CNS Canada — Lentil prices in Western Canada have dropped significantly over the past year as India’s policy changes and militant actions elsewhere affected markets, according to traders. Green lentil prices in Western Canada lost anywhere from 20 to 36 cents per pound over the course of 2017, according to […]

Ukraine’s parliament extends ban on farmland sales

Dec. 7, 2017 at 6:22 pm CST

By Reuters

Ukraine farmers examine Canadian agriculture co-ops

Mar. 31, 2017 at 2:30 pm CDT

By Staff

Ukrlandfarming owner in talks to sell stake

Oct. 24, 2016 at 2:08 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans weighed down by big harvest prospects

Aug. 24, 2016 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Ukraine free trade deal signed, goes to vote

Jul. 12, 2016 at 7:43 pm CDT

A free trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine that’s expected to benefit Canada’s livestock sectors, among others, goes to the two countries’ parliaments for approval after its signing Monday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland signed the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) Monday in Kyiv. CUFTA negotiations […]

By Staff

Kazakh leader evokes Ukraine as land protests spread

May. 2, 2016 at 6:09 pm CDT

Almaty | Reuters –– Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, facing a growing wave of protests against planned changes to land ownership, evoked the image of war-torn Ukraine on Sunday as he called for national unity. Speaking at an event in Almaty to mark the annual May 1 Unity Day celebrations, Nazarbayev […]

By Reuters

EU deal yet to bear fruit for Ukrainian exporters

Apr. 9, 2016 at 3:08 pm CDT

Gorodok | Reuters — Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the European Union was meant to lure the bread basket of the former Soviet Union away from its longstanding ties with Russia by offering better access to the EU market. But debate about it was the spark that lit the Maidan street […]

By Pavel Polityuk

Cargill joint venture to build grain terminal in Ukraine

Feb. 24, 2016 at 6:41 pm CST

Kiev | Reuters — U.S. agriculture giant Cargill and Ukraine’s MV Cargo said they would build and operate a grain terminal at Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Yuzhny under a US$100 million joint venture agreement signed Wednesday. The terminal, near Ukraine’s biggest port city of Odessa, will have an annual […]

By Reuters

Cargill to stop selling seed, inputs in Black Sea region

Feb. 17, 2016 at 5:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Cargill will stop selling seeds, fertilizer and crop chemicals to farmers in the Black Sea region, as the global trader continues to cut back operations in the face of sliding commodity prices. The 150-year old company, one of the world’s largest privately held corporations, is in […]

By Tom Polansek

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