Ukraine's harvest is under threat amid fears of Russian invasion. Can Australia fill the gap?
With the Russian military at the Ukrainian border, harvest in "Europe's bread basket" is under threat and Australian farmers could be left to fill the gap in the world's grain supply.Ukraine is among the world's most fertile farming countries and last year exported a record 84 million tonnes of grain.
It is forecast to supply 12 per cent of the world's wheat and 16 per cent of its corn this year, but with harvest still months away, a large chunk of Ukraine's fertile black farmland lies in the firing line of a brewing conflict.
"There's speculation that the Russians are interested in territory east of the Dnieper River which is [forecast to harvest] over 12 million tonnes of wheat — around 47 per cent of Ukraine's production," Mecardo senior agricultural analyst Adrian Ladaniwskyj said.
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