Ukraine's cultivated area may decrease by 35-40% if agricultural exports fail to recover by spring.

Ukraine’s planted area could shrink by 40% due to insufficient exports to #Europe, Politico reported, citing the Ukrainian agriculture minister. Grain and vegetable oil stocks are building up in the country but are not finding buyers. As a result, farmers lack the funds to plant winter crops this year.

#Ukraine will have to reduce its cultivated area by 35-40% if agricultural exports fail to recover by spring, according to Politico Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy Vysotsky stated that Ukraine can currently export less than half of its required volume of produce via European railways, highways, and river routes. If the blockade of Black Sea ports continues, up to 35 million tons of agricultural produce could remain within the country.