The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food is working with a scenario in which there will be no full access to Black Sea ports until the new marketing year, i.e. until July 1, 2027, because there is no confirmation of a horizon for restoring sea exports. This was reported at the VI Agro-Political Forum "Agro Sector 2026–2027: Survival Strategy," writes agronews.ua.
According to the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Taras Vysotskyi, despite all efforts, it is not possible to confirm the timeline for resuming exports through Black Sea ports at any level.
"Despite all efforts, at all levels we cannot confirm any horizon for resuming exports through Black Sea ports," Vysotskyi noted.
The ministry is also modeling a longer period without the ports, but with the hope that such a scenario will not have to be applied.
The question of how farmers should act under such a development of events has already been raised at the forum in Poltava. According to Vysotskyi, how to act is the responsibility and business risk of each farmer; there is no universal rule. At the same time, from the ministry's point of view, the agrarian should model a scenario in which there will be no exports until July 1.
Where there is an opportunity to sell products at least at break-even, this should be done. [Clarify: delayed products, a million tonnes of unsold products will complicate the way out of the situation even after exports resume.]
At the same time, the minister emphasized, each case must be considered separately. It is necessary to assess whether part of the costs can be temporarily suspended or reduced without critical loss for the enterprise, and then the products need not be sold. Or else the losses will still be greater.
Separately, Vysotskyi touched on corn. According to him, in most cases it is more profitable to harvest it. The exception is regions where high temperatures had a negative impact and sterilization occurred: at such fuel costs and low yields, harvesting there may be impractical.