Crop production

The area of agricultural land covered by sale and purchase agreements in the third quarter of 2026 amounted to 43.7 thousand hectares, which is 18% less than in the previous quarter and 15% below the figure for the same period last year.

Ukrainian farmers harvested around 800 thousand tonnes of yellow peas in 2026, but the export potential has not yet been fully realised.

Mine action operators have cleared more than 20 thousand hectares over two years of work under the Humanitarian Demining programme.

The traditional area for millet cultivation in Ukraine is the steppe regions. At the same time, under the influence of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, changes in production geography and climatic factors, the area of millet cultivation is gradually shifting and expanding, particularly towards the Forest-Steppe and Polissia regions.

The Ukrainian wheat market is entering the 2026/27 marketing year with an unusual combination of strong production and weaker export capacity.

As of 5 October 2026, Ukrainian farmers had harvested 11.95 million hectares of major agricultural crops, or 60.6% of the forecast area.

An onion shortage and a significant increase in prices for this product are expected in Ukraine in spring.

Ukraine is expected to grow and process 500 thousand tonnes of tomatoes in the 2026 season.

In southern Ukraine, farmers are reducing the area sown with winter crops by around 30–40%. For now, farmers are taking a wait-and-see approach to better understand the market situation, but in spring they will have to decide which crops to grow.

Ukrainian farmers may reduce sown areas if the blockade of seaports continues.

The agricultural sector needs around UAH 200 billion in working capital financing to carry out the main autumn fieldwork.

In Ukraine, growers are lowering their selling prices for apples due to restrained demand and an increase in the supply of autumn varieties.

In 2025, the number of organic operators and the area of land used for organic agriculture increased in Ukraine.

The Programme of Activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine provides for increasing the actual area of irrigated land in Ukraine to 200,000 hectares by 2027.

Germany, one of Europe’s major consumers of soybeans for the feed industry, is tightening requirements for traceability and verification of the origin of imported raw materials.

The overall oilseed production potential in Ukraine in the 2026/27 marketing year remains significantly higher than last year due to the expected recovery in yields despite adjustments to planted areas.