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( Natural News ) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been encouraging the country’s farmers to sow as many fields as they can in an effort to protect the food supply. It’s an important message from the world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil and second-largest shipper of grains, but it’s looking increasingly impossible as Russia’s invasion of the country rages on.
In a video released last week, Zelenskyy said that the country needs to carry out a sowing campaign “to the extent that’s possible.”
He added: “All depends on people and the situation, because this is about life.”
However, some of the country’s biggest agribusinesses have warned that these plantings will not be possible if the war continues. Some farmers are reluctant to plant because they worry about drawing air attacks on themselves and their surrounding villages. The towns and villages have been turning off their lights at night so they are invisible from above, and the bright lights of tractors operating at night could draw unwanted attention. Others report being unable to plant because of dozens of dead Russians lying in the fields .
UkrLandFarming, one of the nation’s largest agricultural companies, said several of its company managers were killed in fighting in northern Ukraine and Kyiv, and they also reported losing more than 297,000 acres of land to Russian invasion, which equates to a third of their land portfolio.
They’ve also had to close three of their egg farms. One, the Chornobaivka near Kherson, is the biggest egg farm in Europe. The company said that 3.1 million laying hens are dying at the site. Another major agricultural business, IMC SA, has said that although it would like to keep its operations running, it can’t let workers into many of its fields due to safety concerns. Much of its land is found in […]
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