Story | 23 May 2022
Farmer Andriy’s blazing, yellow-topped rapeseed plants gently sway in the breeze as bees buzz between them. This picture-postcard scene in Ukraine’s Vinnytsia Oblast is stunning, but Andriy is far from content here. He's constantly fidgeting, and his face shows his uneasiness.
A year ago, he sold a ton of corn for US$265 (8,000 Ukrainian Hryvnia).