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The President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, Leonid Kozachenko, in an interview with Suspilne News, analyzed the current situation on the mineral fertilizers market, outlined the impact of European sanctions against Russia on the agricultural sector, and shared his outlook on the upcoming harvest and food prices in Ukraine.

To better understand the overall situation, could you explain where the European Union currently sources fertilizers from and how dependent it is on Russia?

Opinion 05/2026 published by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) does not amend current legislation and does not redefine the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). However, its substance signals a moment of structural tension in the proposed CAP architecture for the 2028-2034 period. The ECA warns that the proposed model may result in a complex CAP legal architecture and complicated planning arrangements, potentially affecting predictability, implementation timelines, and certainty for beneficiaries.

January 2026 in European agricultural policy was not marked by grand strategies or visionary reforms. Instead, it was the month of a "hard collision" between expectations and reality. The key takeaway from the start of the year is unambiguous: the center of gravity in decision-making has shifted from the supranational level of the European Commission to the national capitals of Member States. For the EU, this is an era of caution; for Ukraine, it is a signal that the rules of engagement have fundamentally changed. 

Ukrainian farmers will sow 22–23 million hectares with crops in 2026, if the front line does not change significantly. This opinion was expressed by Pavlo Koval, Director General of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, in an interview with Mind.

He noted that almost 6 million hectares of the indicated area have already been sown with winter crops: 570 thousand hectares of winter barley and 1.1 million hectares of winter rapeseed, about 70 thousand hectares of winter rye and 4.8 million hectares of wheat.