EU Agriculture Commissioner Christoph Hansen said the EU is taking steps to support Ukrainian grain exports and to mitigate extreme-weather losses for farmers, calling it part of the EU’s role in safeguarding global food supplies. Hansen said drought has reduced EU agricultural output and that attacks in the Black Sea are constraining Russian and Ukrainian exports, heightening global supply risk.

2026-09-02

EU Agriculture Commissioner Christoph Hansen said the EU is taking steps to support Ukrainian grain exports and to mitigate extreme-weather losses for farmers, calling it part of the EU’s role in safeguarding global food supplies. Hansen said drought has reduced EU agricultural output and that attacks in the Black Sea are constraining Russian and Ukrainian exports, heightening global supply risk.