The Department of Phytosanitary Safety and Control in Crop Production of the State Production and Consumer Service of the Kharkiv Region has reported significant pest and disease issues in the sowing of winter grain ear crops in the region. The crops are experiencing high infestations of striped bread scale, grain leeches, cereal aphids, wheat thrips, and shell bugs, with some crops also affected by diseases such as septoriosis, helminthosporiosis, pyrenophorosis, powdery mildew, and brown leaf rust. Sunflower crops are dealing with Helichrysum aphids, spider mites, and thrips, as well as septoriosis. Nodule weevils have been detected in soybean crops. The department urges urgent chemical protection of crops when the economic threshold of harmfulness is exceeded. The article also mentions that heavy rains during the grain ripening season are contributing to grain crop shortages.