Rye Prices in Ukraine Hit Records Due to Shortage Expected to Persist Through 2025/26 Season

. For comparison, during the same period last year, prices were 6,000–7,000 UAH/ton. The cost of Ukrainian rye flour increased to 18,000 UAH/ton versus 10,000 UAH/ton in May 2024. Imported raw material products now cost around 20,000 UAH/ton. According to the Ukrainian Flour Millers Union, Ukraine is experiencing a 100% rye deficit, which will likely persist in the 2025/26 season. In an interview with Interfax-Ukraine, the Union's Director Rodion Rybchynsky stated that rye flour is already partially imported from the Baltics (at a price of around 20,000 UAH/ton), and some mills are processing Polish rye to meet demand. – Low rye yield (up to 4 tons/ha) compared to wheat (6 tons/ha); – Farmers' unwillingness to sow rye due to its economic unattractiveness; – Lost imports from Belarus, which previously compensated for raw material shortages; – Lack of external market — rye is not an export crop, and demand exists only within the country. According to Rybchynsky, the rye deficit will ...