Agrarian news
14.12.2023
UCAB signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers of Poland
The Ukrainian Agribusiness Club and the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers of Poland (ZPP) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation.
more08.12.2023
Agriculture in wartime: the second year of struggle for survival
The revival of agriculture in the conditions of war is an extremely challenging task for Ukrainian farmers. Rather positive, at first side, indicators of 2023 actually entail significant financial losses due to the low price of grain and oilseeds in the domestic market, restricted and complicated export. Production of most grain and oil crops is unprofitable. And unless some changes are implemented, indicators of the next year are unlikely to be positive.
more12.10.2023
AGCO and UCAB Prioritize Recovery at International Conference in Brussels “Fields of Change: Charting the Path of Ukrainian Agriculture”
Brussels, Belgium – On October 5, 2023, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club and AGCO Corporation held the first international Ukrainian agricultural conference "Fields of Change: Charting the Path of Ukrainian Agriculture" in Brussels. More than 120 participants, including key Ukrainian and EU policymakers, agribusiness leaders and representatives of financial institutions attended. They shared experiences and discussed support for Ukraine, particularly about agriculture recovery and future directions on its path to EU integration.
more02.10.2023
EU office of Ukrainian agribusiness starts operations in Brussels
Ukraine’s agricultural sector has established its permanent presence before European institutions in Brussels. As of today, October 2, the EU office of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB), a business association representing leading Ukrainian agricultural companies, becomes officially operational in the European Union's capital. The office will be led by Nazar Bobitski, a former Ukrainian diplomat and experienced expert on EU trade policy and regulation.
more25.07.2023
The agricultural community calls on the European Union to introduce subsidies for transportation of Ukrainian agriproducts to EU ports
UCAB, together with the leading agrarian associations that are members of the Public Union "Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum" – Public Union "Agrarian Union of Ukraine", Public Union “Ukrainian Agrarian Council”, Association “Poultry Union of Ukraine” appealed to Executive Vice President, Commissioner for Trade European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis with a request to support the initiative of introducing subsidies from the European Commission for transportation of Ukrainian agricultural products to the ports of Baltic countries, Germany, Netherlands, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia.
more19.07.2023
Terrorist country russia purposefully began to attack the port infrastructure of Odessa
For the second night in a row after withdrawing from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the russian federation is launching massive attacks on the port infrastructure of Odessa and the region. Such actions of a terrorist country once again violate international humanitarian law, threatening millions of people in the world with starvation.
more21.06.2023
The agricultural community addressed to the Government with proposals to support the agricultural sector of Ukraine
UCAB, together with the leading agrarian associations that are members of the Public Union "Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum" – Public Union "Agrarian Union of Ukraine", Public Union “Ukrainian Agrarian Council”, Association “Poultry Union of Ukraine” appealed to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal with a request to resolve the critical situation with the export of Ukrainian agri-food products, as well as to take a number of measures to support the agricultural sector.
more05.06.2023
UCAB insists on the inadmissibility of a ban on Ukrainian imports of agricultural products to some EU countries
UCAB categorically does not support the continuation of restrictive measures on the import of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds from Ukraine to Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, since such actions are discriminatory and unreasonable in relation to Ukrainian agricultural products, and can negatively affect the economic recovery of Ukrainian farmers during the war.
more18.05.2023
The agricultural community calls on the EU to resolve misunderstandings over the situation with Ukrainian agri-food exports
UCAB, together with 23 leading agricultural associations of Ukraine, appealed to Head of the Delegation of the EU to Ukraine Matti Maasikas with a request to facilitate the urgent unblocking of Ukrainian agri-food exports and the removal of obstacles to the imports to the EU and the transit of agricultural products from Ukraine under the Regulation (EU) 2023/903 of May 2, 2023.
more19.04.2023
Ukrainian agrarians call on European colleagues to lift tough unilateral restrictions on trade and jointly find a compromise solution
This is stated in an open appeal of Ukrainian Agribusiness Club and leading public associations of the agro-food sector of Ukraine. Nongovernmental Organizations and Unions of Producers of the Ukraine AgriFood sector is highly concerned about the situation that has developed with the ban on the import/transit of Ukrainian food to certain EU countries.
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