The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier BRAVE COMMANDER left the port of Yuzhny on August 16. 23,000 tons of wheat left for Ethiopia to overcome the hunger problem in East Africa. This was announced in his tweet by the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Markiyan Dmitrasevich. The ship was chartered within the framework of the World Food Program of the UN.

August 16, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved, developed by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the procedure for the use of financial assistance to small agricultural producers, most affected by the military aggression of the Russian Federation and in need of support for incurred costs for field work, maintenance of cows, the purchase of materials for economic activities, fuel and lubricants, plant protection products, feed and other production costs. The total amount of the program is 1.5 billion UAH.

Every fifth pig farm is working on development, as evidenced by the survey of the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders.

Following the outbreak of war, the FAO has developed and updated its Rapid Response Plan and is calling for $115.4 million to support nearly 1 million people in rural areas through agricultural assistance and food security for those most affected by Russia's military aggression in Ukraine. This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine notes the clarification of the Order of reservation of persons liable for military service by state authorities, other state bodies, as well as enterprises, institutions, organizations that meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, other military formations, the population under the legal regime of martial law.

The Portuguese Federation of Pig Farmers Associations (FPAS) said that the drought and the increase in prices of production factors might be “an opportunity” to invest in the efficient use of water and effluent management.

On August 12, 2022, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy together with the EU support project launched an online platform to support agricultural producers — the State Agrarian Register (GAR). Ukrainian agricultural producers registered in the GAR will be able to apply for all types of support: both at the expense of the state budget and for international grants or technical assistance. As of today, 1,534 agricultural producers have already registered in the Register. Among them 16.8% are individuals, 13.4% - sole proprietors, 69.9% -— legal entities. Among the leading regions for the number of registrations are Lviv region (19.5%) and Khmelnytsky region (6.5%).

Raimund Yelet, FAO Regional Programme Manager for Europe and Central Asia, paid his first visit to Ukraine since the escalation of the war to express FAO's commitment to continue providing emergency agricultural support to the most vulnerable populations and ensuring the sustainability of local and global agricultural supplies.

On August 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its global forecast for the balance of major crops for the 2022/23 marketing year.

The Verkhovna Rada has extended martial law in Ukraine for another 90 days - until November 23 of this year. This was reported in a telegram channel, an MP of the "European Solidarity" Alexei Goncharenko.

The Verkhovna Rada has extended martial law in Ukraine for another 90 days - until November 23 of this year. This was reported in a telegram channel, an MP of the "European Solidarity" Alexei Goncharenko.

The Spanish Ministry of Transport has launched a pilot project for the transportation of grain by rail from Ukraine to Spain as an alternative or addition to the sea route. This is reported on the website of the Spanish Ministry.

The SKOV controller manages climate and creation at the room level.

According to operational data from the State Customs Service, as of August 12 from the beginning of 2022/23 MY Ukraine exported 2.339 million tons of grain and leguminous crops, including in August - 726 thousand tons. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the procedure of grants for the establishment or development of horticulture, berry-growing and viticulture and the procedure of grants for the establishment or development of greenhouses by its Resolution ¹ 738 dated June 21, 2022 "Some issues of grants for business".

"Something new, something old, something borrowed" - somewhere now we can describe the urgent problematics of the meat processing industry. The main barriers to the work of abattoirs and meat processing plants were identified by analysts of  the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders.

Since June 1, 11389 agrarians attracted 12 billion 845 million UAH of loans, including under the program of portfolio guarantees 80% - 494 million 281 thousand UAH.

The Parliamentary Committee of Ukraine on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy recommended approval on first reading and approval in general of the draft law N7548-1 "On Amendments to Section XXI" Final and Transitional Provisions "of the Customs Code of Ukraine on the exemption from import duty on goods that are used for storage of grain and/or oilseeds.

After the first dry cargo ship with corn, which left Ukraine by the so-called "grain corridor", 20 more ships are ready to leave Odessa. This was reported by the Ukrainian ambassador to Lebanon Igor Ostash.