An investigation by Ukrainska Pravda journalist Mykhailo Tkach has revealed how hundreds of Polish lorries carrying Russian agricultural products are travelling through Belarus to Poland and back. Source: an investigation by Mykhailo Tkach Details: The Ukrainska Pravda film crew asked a man to call a Polish company and pretend to be the manager of an […]
Poland imported US$2.6 billion worth of goods from Russia and US$450 million from Belarus in 2023. If considering only agricultural products, their imports from Russia to Poland reached US$117 million and exceeded the level of 2021, i.e. the level before the full-scale war. Source: data from the Ekonomichna Pravda article Details: “In particular, imports of […]
Feb. 28—After James E. Ward Agricultural Center Director Quintin Smith, 69, passed away on Sunday, the Wilson County Commission took a pause Monday evening to remember him. “Before we start our meeting tonight, it was about this time last night that we lost a good man in Wilson County by the name of Quintin Smith,” […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of farmers marched in downtown Warsaw on Tuesday to protest the European Union’s agricultural policies and the imports of cheap food from Ukraine. The protesters say they are demanding that the Polish government withdraw from the EU’s Green Deal, a plan meant to help the environment and fight climate change […]
French President Emmanuel Macron was greeted with boos and whistles at the opening of an agricultural fair on Saturday by angry farmers who blame him for not doing enough to support them. Mr Macron was scheduled to visit the event, which draws crowds of visitors every year. But before the official opening, several dozen protesters […]
A Ukrainian freight car carrying beans was damaged at around 09:00 on 24 February at the Polish Dorohusk railway station. Source: Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine on Facebook Details: On the anniversary of the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation of Ukraine, unidentified individuals spilled Ukrainian agricultural products at the Polish […]
Jan Grabiec, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk‘s Chief of Staff, has said that Poland and Ukraine are far from reaching an agreement on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products blocked at the border by Polish protesting farmers. Source: AFP, European Pravda Details: According to Tusk’s representative, the state of negotiations with Ukraine “does not allow us […]
Ukrainian farmers have exported 93% of their products through the ports in and around Odesa and on the Danube since August 2023, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry reported on Feb. 23. More than 30 million metric tonnes of agricultural products have been exported through these ports since August 2023, when Ukraine set up a new shipping corridor […]
The Saeima of Latvia (Latvia’s parliament) has approved amendments to the law “On the Development of Villages and Agriculture” that prohibit imports of agricultural products from Russia and Belarus. Source: Delfi Details: The law prohibits the import or export of agricultural and feed products from Russia and Belarus to Latvia, even if the products are […]
Czech farmers were driving their tractors and other vehicles to several border crossings on Thursday to meet colleagues from neighbouring countries and join forces in their protests against European Union (EU) agriculture policies. Farmers complain that the 27-nation EU’s environmental policies, such as the Green Deal, which calls for limits on the use of chemicals […]
In January 2024, the majority of exports of agricultural products from Ukraine – 6.7 million tonnes – were carried out by sea. Only 370,000 tonnes, or 5% of the total, went through Poland. Source: a statement from the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure, citing Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure […]
Czesław Siekierski, Polish Minister of Agriculture and Development of Countryside, has stated that the negotiations with Ukraine concerning the conditions of export of some agricultural products are at the final stage. Source: Siekierski on 15 February cited by Wprost, as European Pravda reported Details: The meeting between the leadership of the Agricultural Ministry and farmers […]