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In September 2026, units of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine cleared 1,347 hectares of liberated territories of mines and explosive ordnance, including 339.84 hectares of agricultural land.

Ukraine is moving from legislative harmonisation to the practical implementation of European farm animal welfare standards.

The family apiary Medunytsia from Dnipropetrovsk Region has purchased a cargo van that it will use to deliver its products and participate in fairs across different regions of Ukraine.

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

At the beginning of the season, Ukraine reduced rapeseed exports to the European Union but significantly increased supplies of rapeseed oil.

Ukraine and the European Commission have discussed changing the mechanism for administering tariff quotas for dairy products and flour, as well as expanding opportunities for Ukrainian bioethanol exports to the EU.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts an increase in pork production in Ukraine.

Weather anomalies linked to El Niño are dampening the outlook for sugar production in key producing countries. After an expected surplus, the market may shift to a deficit in the new season, and raw sugar futures have risen by more than 25% since July.

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.

The current situation with complicated logistics caused by the blockade of Black Sea ports has not had a critical impact on the autumn sowing campaign. However, the area under winter crops will still decline.

By the end of September, Ukraine had exported 2.4 million tonnes of agricultural products, representing 46% of the required volume. Of this, grain exports amounted to 1.4 million tonnes, or 38% of the potentially required export volume.

After several years of work, Bread. Ukraine. Almanac has been published in Ukraine — a unique bilingual informational and historical art book about Ukrainian bread, its past, present and future. The publication presents bread as an everyday part of Ukrainians’ lives, an element of culture and tradition, a product of a major industry, a subject of artistic reflection and a witness to historical events.

Given the logistics difficulties, the diversified agro-industrial company Agroprodservice, which operates a fully closed production cycle, has revised its crop rotation and shifted primarily to crops that can be used for its own needs.

Ukraine has fulfilled all the requirements for opening the agricultural chapters within the fifth cluster of negotiations on accession to the European Union and is currently awaiting a political decision.

The European Union exported €2.68 billion worth of agricultural products to Ukraine in January–July 2026. This was €239 million, or 10%, more than in the same period of 2025.

The updated 2026 catalogue of Ukrainian organic producers includes 58 certified Ukrainian companies producing organic products across various categories.

In January–August 2026, Ukraine increased the physical volume of egg exports by 18% to 1.64 billion units. Foreign exchange earnings rose by 37% to $164 million.

In June, MHP acquired Payan Hermanos (Spain) and gained control over Incusur (Spain).

Ukraine sees no positive signs that a truce to ensure grain exports through the Black Sea could be reached in the coming months.